Need Ted Lasso In Your Life?
Discover how the positive psychology in Ted Lasso can help you
Ted Lasso made millions laugh in Apple TV+'s hit comedy, but there is more to the show than feel-good humor. Ted's heart-warming philosophies take audiences into the world of self help from the minute Ted tapes his Believe sign to Richmond's locker room wall. Incorporating research and expertise from psychologists, this fun guide reveals some of Ted's best life lessons, explaining how he can help all of us.
Not long after the first season of Ted Lasso began on Apple TV+, a car scraped the side of my car. Ordinarily, there might have been some expletives. But Ted Lasso oddly came into my head and I found myself being generous to the other driver just like Ted would have been. I felt good about it too. I had an annoying scrape down the side of my car, but I was smiling more than when the scrape wasn’t there.
That sent me down a research path—not just to car repair shops—but into psychology. I have been a journalist and writer all my working life. If a sitcom on TV could affect me that way, could there be more to it? There was. Ted Lasso is all about positive psychology, and there are lessons hidden in the show which we can all use.
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I have, over the years, been lucky enough to contribute to many newspapers and magazines including The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Marie Claire (US, UK, Australian editions), Cosmopolitan, Glamor, TheCarousel.com and WomenLoveTech.com. I worked for many years as a reporter in London on the now defunct Today newspaper and moved to Los Angeles more than twenty years ago.
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