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Is There a Model for a Happy Career?

Is There a Model for a Happy Career?

by Susan Peppercorn Research has shown that finding fulfillment at work leads to feelings of well-being, lower burnout, and greater entrepreneurial creativity. But how can you give yourself the best...

Musings on 20 Years of Marriage

Musings on 20 Years of Marriage

by Amy Alpert While I was unloading groceries recently, my engagement ring got caught on one of the drawers and my diamond slipped out of its setting. I was shocked to see my ring setting minus a...

Antidotes for Anxious Times

Antidotes for Anxious Times

by Kim Childs Last year, a coaching client asked me for strategies to deal with the climate of anxiety in the US prior to the presidential election. In addition to trying some of my recommendations,...

Harvesting Our WBI Community

Harvesting Our WBI Community

by Phoebe Atkinson, Syd Hap, and Nicole Stottlemyer Chris Peterson, writing in his primer on positive psychology, suggests that, since “the good life” is inherently a social one, “why not understand...

The Good News About Bad News

The Good News About Bad News

by Kim Childs Heard the one about the Chinese farmer? According to the Taoist teaching story, he had a horse that ran away, prompting his neighbors to remark, "Oh, that's bad news.” "Good news, bad...