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The Footprint of Your Life

The Footprint of Your Life

by Megan McDonough Life is not like taking a walk through a forest with an accurate compass, knowing exactly where you’re going and how you’ll get there. Life is more like walking through a long,...

Living Your Values, Every Day

Living Your Values, Every Day

by Megan McDonough Life serves up plenty of difficult choices. The hardest ones we face are those that offer two equally valid, important, yet conflicting options. Choosing can be excruciating. The...

From Cells to Psychology

From Cells to Psychology

CiPP Spotlight: Joan Borysenko by Suzee Connole Joan Borysenko was studying cancer cells at Tufts University when her father was diagnosed with cancer. Joan remembers being surrounded by her family...

What to Do When Neither Choice Is Perfect

What to Do When Neither Choice Is Perfect

by Maria Sirois As a teenager, I would hear Crosby, Stills, and Nash over and over again on my parent's radio. The lyrics "When you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with" echoed...

A Rooted Tree in the Changing Seasons

A Rooted Tree in the Changing Seasons

by Megan McDonough With the shifting of seasons in New England, I feel the force of change pulling me. This transition between the high sun of summer and the dimming light of fall signals for me 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...