(Starting point/work in progress - will continue to expand with discernment...)
Most relevant
Flourish (2011) by Martin Seligman
From me (reverse chronological order):
Health Deserves a Vision More Capacious Than Dashboard Metrics
The Future of AI and Health, Part III: Improving Health by Enhancing Agency
Motivating a modicum of exercise: the healthtech opportunity
What should I read? (middle section discusses "Psychology and Wellbeing")
From fitness to flourish: expanding the scope of digital exercise
Additional flourishing-related inspo
Our idea of happiness has gotten shallow; here's how to deepen it NYT op-ed 5/3/2025 by Kwame Anthony Appiah
I ditched my smartwatch and I don't regret it. NYT op-ed 1/28/2022 by Lindsay Crouse
The sweet smell of 'success' isn't all that sweet. NYT op-ed 4/12/1986 by Laurence Shames
"The earthly use of a liberal education" - 1983 address by Yale University President A. Bartlett Giamatti to incoming freshman; I've discussed here, and it can be found in this collection of Giamatti's essays.
(reverse chronological order)
Relevant WSJ Reviews (see here for complete list of reviewed books)
Other writing
Rewiring, not Retiring: Health and Innovation for the Vanguard Generation
The Future of AI and Health Part II: Andreessen and Colleagues Weigh in
Seeking Wellness Through More Data, Less Technology, and Better Habits
Beware Of The Expert Fallacy, But Don't Fall Into The Cynicism Trap
A Happiness Lesson From My Teen Daughters (And Taylor Swift)
Obesity Is Rising; Can Health Coaches And Tech Drive Durable Behavior Change?
Motivating fitness with immersive experience, rather than competition
Can digital fitness extend beyond hardy base to reach those who may benefit the most?
Enticing some with social cues, others with health, exercise rewards mind and body
Why digital fitness companies like Peloton and Tonal are exciting for healthcare
We Are Not a Dashboard: Contesting the Tyranny of Metrics, Measurement, and Managerialism
Precision credulity: how specious genetic tests might motivate real behavior change
Precision behavioral interventions, based on revealed preferences, key to population health
Books
Seligman: pioneering work on positive psychology, agency
The Hope Circuit (2018)
Positive Psychotherapy - Clinician Manual (2018); with Tayyab Rashid
Authentic Happiness (2002)
Attia: physician-scientist turned healthy aging guru & entrepreneur
Outlive (2023): highly readable and motivational best-seller making a science-informed case for focusing on preempting the major diseases of aging.
Topol: academic physician-scientist interested in evidence-based, technology-driven biomedical science
Super Agers (2025): much-needed critical examination of the science behind longevity and healthy aging research; my WSJ review here.
Peer-reviewed publications
"Can positive psychological interventions improve health behaviors? A systematic review of the literature" by Feig et al, 2022.
"Agency in Greco-Roman philosophy" by M. Seligman, 2021.
"The bidirectional relationship between sense of purpose in life and physical activity: a longitudinal study" by Yemiscigil & Vlaev, 2021 (see also very nice Gretchen Reynolds NYT article about the study, "How exercise may help us flourish").
"Association of optimism with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality" by Rozanski, Bivishi, and Kubzansky, 2019.
"Optimism and health: where do we go from here?" by Huffman (invited commentary on Rozanski et al paper above), 2019.
"Why is changing health-related behavior so difficult?" by Michael P. Kelly and Mary Baker, 2016.