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Lisa Johnston is a WBI-trained Positive Psychology Coach with a background in design...
by Megha Nancy Buttenheim This is the second in a three-part series on practicing authenticity in daily life. Today’s post looks at authenticity through the lens of VIA character strengths. Part 1...
by Phoebe Atkinson In January, the fourth Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP) class arrived at Kripalu for the final immersion week. After living for months in the virtual component of this...
by Megha Nancy Buttenheim This is the first of a three-part series on practicing authenticity in daily life. Today’s post explores authenticity through the chakra practice of Let Your Yoga Dance....
by Maria Sirois Each creature speaks and spells one thing and the same, "Myself," it speaks and spells, "what I do is me, for that I came." —Gerard Manley Hopkins We have but one chance in...
by Megan McDonough Getting grounded on slippery ice is a challenge. Firm footing is elusive as you try to make forward movement. You skid this way and that. Your steps are small, tentative and...
by Maria Sirois Happiness after loss looks like a bone-bare tree in winter. Empty of growth, steady yet silent. We are compelled by the bareness of the thing, the rawness, and each branch points...
by Megan McDonough em·bod·y be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling) Positive Psychology is the science of happiness—of cultivating strengths,...
by Louis Cinquino I did not want to. But I had no choice. I set the alarm for 5:15 am. My mind knew all the reasons I should—in fact, I would be presenting them later that day, to my fellow...
by Maria Sirois Everyone deserves at least one person who thinks they are the bread of heaven. —Clarissa Pinkola Estes I learned of my brother’s illness on a Wednesday afternoon. That night, I...