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by Megan McDonough It's embarrassing to misspell the names of two valued faculty. I made that mistake last week in an e-mail about the mindfulness and strengths course that Dr. Ryan M. Niemiec and...
by Megan McDonough Revitalizing your life in the new year is less about making an exact plan and more like doing a puzzle. When you start a puzzle, you dump the pieces on the table and begin...
by Maria Sirois Whenever we see a friend in distress, the first words we utter are, “Okay, take a breath.” We know something about what begins to heal us without truly knowing it. Breath is the...
by Megan McDonough Today is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Before days were overruled by the lightbulb, the winter solstice was a time of quiet contemplation, a time to...
by Lynda Wallace At this time of year, nearly all of us spend extra time with family and friends. And one of the best things we can do to really enjoy our time with them is to actively appreciate...
by Megan McDonough Ah, the glory of the holiday season. This is the time when families gather around warm fires and sip hot cocoa—not the instant kind you nuke with water but the old-fashioned kind...
by Megha Nancy Buttenheim For thousands of years, ancient yogic science has demonstrated that human beings are multidimensional. In yogic anatomy, it is said that five layers, or sheaths of...
by Megan McDonough After a series of experiments to determine how well people sit alone with their thoughts, researcher Timothy Wilson concluded the following: "The untutored mind does not like to...
by Ruth Pearce Many people are surprised to learn that I am an introvert—one who has managed to learn to “fake it ‘til I make it.” Before the Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP), the thought...