Together with Thomas Joiner, I have conducted an initial test of the hypothesis that, through cognitive broadening, positive emotions build psychological resilience and produce an upward spiral toward enhanced emotional well-being. We did this by assessing positive and negative emotions, as well as a concept we call broad-minded coping, at two time points, 5 weeks apart. For our measure of broad-minded coping, we drew items from Moos’s (1998) Coping Responses Inventory that tap broadened thinking, such as “think of different ways to deal with the problem” and “try to step back from the situation and be more objective.” Our aim was to predict changes in positive emotions and broad-minded coping over time.