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Facing Off with the Strength-Shaming Bullies

Facing Off with the Strength-Shaming Bullies

by Denise Riebman Strength-Shaming Bullies are everywhere. They can be colleagues, bosses, teacher, friends, parents, strangers, and the media—but often the worst bully of all is the one that looks...

No Expectations

No Expectations

by Daphne Eviatar There’s a classic Zen story that goes like this: A young man approached a great master and asked to become his student. The student asked, “How long will it take me to become a...

Mapping a Path to Well-Being

Mapping a Path to Well-Being

CiPP Spotlight: Lynda Wallace by Suzee Connole Lynda Wallace walked away from a job running a billion-dollar global business to create a new career she would genuinely love. She had been doing a lot...

Hitting the Well-Being Jackpot

Hitting the Well-Being Jackpot

by Denise Riebman “Please enter your travel dates.” I have ruminated incessantly about my failure to solve this puzzle when I was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune this summer. If only I had figured...

A Five-Step Process for Practicing Optimism

A Five-Step Process for Practicing Optimism

by Lynda Wallace In my last blog post, we saw what optimistic people do, but how can we learn to do those things ourselves? Here’s a five-step process for practicing the art of optimism in the face...

How Optimistic Are You?

How Optimistic Are You?

by Lynda Wallace Optimism is a powerfully beneficial approach to life. It’s well established that optimistic people are happier, healthier, and more successful than pessimists. And optimism is much...

Happiness in the Workplace

Happiness in the Workplace

by Tal Ben-Shahar Taste the joy that springs from labor. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In Hebrew, the word for “work” (avoda) stems from the same root as the word for “slave” (evod). Most of us...