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If you think of your life as a spring garden, what plants do you want to nourish, and which are weeds that need to be pulled?
by Anda Klavina Ryan Niemiec, WBI faculty and VIA Institute’s education director, says that, out of the 70 exercises in his book Character Strengths Interventions: A Field Guide for Practitioners,...
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...
by Harriet Cabelly The nature of life is impermanent, and we are called upon to be in constant movement with the changing of the tide, moving with the ebb and flow of life’s transitions. Some...
by Denise Riebman Fifteen minutes into my presentation at the World Congress on Positive Psychology this summer, I felt off balance. I was speaking only from my head and not from my heart. Words...
by Lynda Wallace Getting over a painful experience is a lot like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. —C.S. Lewis Feeling stuck? In my work as a...
by Megan McDonough "Restraint" is not a sexy word. It’s not embraced or beloved like the word "freedom." Restraint falls into the category of discipline and self-control, which sounds rather un-fun....
by Nicole Stottlemyer Four years ago, I had a vision that probably looks a lot like yours: To change the world by spreading positive psychology. The first step, for me, was enrolling in the...
by Lynda Wallace The things we say, whether out loud or to ourselves, have a profound effect not only on how we feel, but also on what we do. When we tell ourselves, I can’t do it or They’ll never...
by Kim Childs As a student in the Certificate in Positive Psychology program, I learned about something called self-perception theory. Developed by social psychologist Daryl Bem, the theory states...