This volume explores the idea and practice of everyday flourishing from positive psychological perspectives and evidence-based research. Through non-Western contributions to the global literature on flourishing, it significantly adds diversity to the field. The volume provides a comprehensive understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations can endure adversity. It also utilizes innovative research, practical strategies, and case studies highlighting the positive aspects of resilience, well-being, and personal growth under challenging circumstances. The practical strategies and evidence-based exercises in this volume create bases for discussions on self-awareness, positive relationships, and a sense of purpose in both personal and professional spheres. What sets this book apart is its accessibility: combining engaging writing with a reader-friendly focus. The volume provides a roadmap on how concepts related to flourishing can be applied in practical ways in non-WEIRD settings. This volume is a useful resource for both academics and professionals working in the areas of human well-being, positive psychology, life coaching, and related fields.

Ajit Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Amity University Rajasthan, India. He has published various research articles in national and international journals, presented papers at national and international conferences, and published book chapters in reputable books. He works in the areas of positive psychology, and cognitive psychology, and has developed and validated a scale to measure “unforgiveness”, which is the second scale in the field to measure the construct explicitly. He is involved in several research projects. He has delivered a number of invited lectures and workshops. His areas of expertise are unforgiveness, forgiveness, wellbeing, positive psychology, and cognitive psychology. He has supervised bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses. He is a member of the National Academy of Psychology, India, and the Indian Academy of Health Psychology, India. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, a Youth Editorial Board Member of Heart and Mind, a Reviewing Editor for Springer Nature, and an Advisory Board Member of The Journal of Scientific Discourse. He has been awarded the Best Paper Award by the Department of Psychology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India, and the Research Excellence Award by Amity University Rajasthan. He was also ranked second among the top 500 authors by scholarly output at Amity University Rajasthan during the period 2020–2025.

Neharshi Srivastava is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Department of Psychology, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She is a Gold Medallist and a Rehabilitation Council of India-licensed psychologist. Dr. Srivastava has 10 years of  counselling, research and industry experience. She is a trained CBT therapist from London. Her areas of expertise are mindfulness-based, positive, and yogic psychology-based interventions. She has more than 34 publications in India's University Grants Commission (UGC)-recognized/UGC care listed/peer-reviewed international journals and has presented various papers in National and International Conferences, contributed chapters to edited books and has authored books on different domains of psychology. She received the “Best Young Faculty Award” and “Dhruv Ratan Award” for outstanding contributions to the field of psychology in India. She has been invited as a guest speaker and resource person by various reputed national/international universities, Indian government organizations, as well as by the media. She has supervised more than 50 master's and bachelor's psychology students and several doctoral scholars. She is also a core committee member of the Indian Academy of Health Psychology.  

Loren Toussaint is Professor of Psychology at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, USA. He is chair of the Discover Forgiveness Advisory Council for the Templeton World Charity Foundation, president of the Forgiveness Foundation, associate director of the Sierra Leone Forgiveness Project, and a consultant to Mayo Clinic, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and Boise State University. Dr. Toussaint’s research examines virtues, especially forgiveness, and how they are related to health and well-being. He and colleagues recently published a compendium of research titled: Forgiveness and Health: Scientific Evidence and Theories Relating Forgiveness to Better Health (Springer). Dr. Toussaint directs the Laboratory for the Investigation of Mind, Body, and Spirit at Luther College. Students of all levels study in this laboratory, and many co-author peer-reviewed research papers and presentations. Dr. Toussaint encourages “everyday forgiveness” to build resilience and minimize stress in families, schools, healthcare, workplaces, and communities. Everyday forgiveness is taught through the Forgiveness Foundation which is an education and outreach organization emphasizing the role of forgiveness in building resilience and encouraging personal growth. Dr. Toussaint’s work has been highlighted in several print, online, and radio media outlets such as: Time, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Des Moines Register, Georgia Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, CNN, Huffington Post, Today.com, Ladies Home Journal, Scotland on Sunday, Men’s Health, Psychology Today, and the Associated Press.  

Gyanesh Kumar Tiwari is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, School of Human & Environmental Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India, Dr. Tiwari is the Regional Secretary of the Indian Academy of Health Psychology (Central Zone). He is also a Life Member of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and the Indian Science Congress Association (ICSA). He is currently conducting numerous research projects (non-funded) with an interdisciplinary focus together with his colleagues, research scholars and master’s students. He has published more than 63 research articles in prestigious journals. In addition, he has written three book chapters and two books. He also completed two research projects on “Arousal and emotion regulation in eyewitness performance of state and trait anxiety subjects” and “Development of situational judgment test items for the assessment of personality attributes” funded by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India and the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR), DRDO, New Delhi, India. He has successfully supervised seven doctoral works and has delivered more than 154 invited lectures. He has conducted several workshops, seminars and conferences.