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CiPP Tours: Feeling the Fear, and Bringing It Anyway
by Nicole Stottlemyer "Are you choosing to opt out… or are you bringing it?" Karissa Thacker asks in her blog post, “Bringing It.” Karissa is a faculty member for Wholebeing Institute, an author,...
Experiments with Presence
by Mina Simhai “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” —Lucius Annaeus Seneca Amy Cuddy opens Chapter 5 of her fascinating new book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to...
Making Peace with All Our Pieces
by Denise Riebman Four years ago, the man I was going to marry broke my heart, and I found myself virtually alone in a new town (one that I had moved to for him). Basic human functions like sleeping...
Running with SPIRE
by Louis Cinquino I did not want to. But I had no choice. I set the alarm for 5:15 am. My mind knew all the reasons I should—in fact, I would be presenting them later that day, to my fellow...
Meditation for the Curious Mind
by Ruth Pearce For the last year, I have been a student in the Certificate in Positive Psychology program. Throughout that time, I have come back many times to the opportunities and also challenges...
CiPP Tours: The Top Five Deathbed Regrets—and How Not to Have Them
by Nicole Stottlemyer Recently, I was watching Jane McGonigal’s fabulous TED Talk, “The Game that Can Give You 10 Extra Years of Life”. Jane is a game designer who gets a lot of flack from people...
The Upside of Stress: What to Do with Your Butterflies
by Mina Simhai If you have butterflies in your stomach, invite them into your heart.—Cooper Edens Stanford psychologist Kelly McGonigal uses this quote at the beginning of her latest book, The...
Having Fun with Failure
by Denise Riebman I want to fail in 2016. Stumble, trip, fall, and maybe even be humiliated. Fail big and boldly. What sparked this “career fail resolution”? Seeing extraordinarily talented clients...
CiPP Tours: New Habits for the New Year
by Nicole Stottlemyer It slid across the carpet, landing right in front of me. I picked it up. It was beautifully designed, and had two blank lines staring back at me, just waiting for me to write...