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Healing from Violence

Healing from Violence

by Maria Sirois On November 13, 2015, my daughter and her boyfriend were having dinner in a café in Paris, while terrorists attacked the city. She escaped danger that night; Nohemi Gonzalez, a...

The Possibility of “And”

The Possibility of “And”

by Maria Sirois I often do this exercise with my students: At the beginning of a daylong retreat on happiness, I’ll draw a circle on a large piece of flip-chart paper and ask the audience to shout...

The Community Connector

The Community Connector

Alumni Spotlight Featuring Phoebe Atkinson The Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP) is more then a course. The connections formed at CiPP are not meant to end when CiPP ends. They are intended...

Looking Ahead Through the WBI Lens

Looking Ahead Through the WBI Lens

by Megan McDonough One of my goals for the recent Embodied Positive Psychology Summit was to share ideas about the future of the field, based on our experience at Wholebeing Institute. Below are the...

The Gift of Human Connection, Wrapped Up in Science

The Gift of Human Connection, Wrapped Up in Science

by Caren Osten I’m not going to lie. It felt a little bit like the first day of high school, when you haven’t yet reunited with your middle school friends. I walked into the Kripalu Dining Hall on...

Easier Said Than Done

Easier Said Than Done

by Megan McDonough Words are easy to write. Actions can be trickier. There are always those in life who see things differently. I worked with a man once who was my opposite. I said black; he said...

Expanding Authenticity: Making inSPIRED Choices

Expanding Authenticity: Making inSPIRED Choices

by Megha Nancy Buttenheim This is the third in a three-part series on practicing authenticity in daily life. Part 1 explores authenticity through the chakra practice of Let Your Yoga Dance. Part 2...