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by Ruth Pearce Maybe you’ve heard this one: How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change. Back in the late summer and early...
by Arlen Solodkin When I think about how the Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP) influenced my life, I reflect on the ways in which I was able to embrace my own power, hold my own vision, and...
By Mina Simhai What is your dearest wish? What holds you back from achieving it? These strike me as questions out of a self-help book, yet they come to us from Gabriele Oettingen, an NYU and...
by Ruth Pearce There’s a famous story about the making of the movie The Greatest Story Ever Told. During a rehearsal, the Duke—John Wayne—was asked by director George Stevens to deliver his line...
by Martha Fagan and Susan Peppercorn Imagine having your interests, values, and feelings amplified more than 100 times. That was the effect of participating in the Embodied Positive Psychology...
Alumni Spotlight CiPP4 graduate Jonathan Aronoff has spent his whole life listening. “It’s easy for me to connect with others after growing up with an identical twin brother,” he says. He credits...
by Louis Cinquino I made it back to Kripalu last month for the Embodied Positive Psychology Conference, and with the trip came another chance to run with some old friends, some new friends, and an...
by Ruth Pearce The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is...
by Mina Simhai Today, hopelessness rode in my backseat, but only for a moment. The face of hopelessness had soft auburn curls and bright hazel eyes, and carries my heart with her wherever she goes....