
What Does It Mean to Be Self-ful?
By Elinor Harari
Faculty and practitioners share wisdom on positive psychology, health and wellness, mindfulness, and living the good life. Want to contribute? Check out the submission guidelines.
By Elinor Harari
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Denise Riebman Everyone thought a snake was in my tent when I ran out screaming. But it was only an e-mail, one that made it to my phone—even though we were in the bottom of the Grand Canyon—to...
by Denise Riebman I used to love playing tennis. In fact, I was a state doubles champion in high school (albeit in the tiny state of Delaware). Then, 15 years ago, a cross-country skiing accident...