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Yoga-Based Tools for Mindful Leadership

Yoga-Based Tools for Mindful Leadership

by Edi Pasalis Yoga is offered in almost every corporate gym in the world—but the professionals taking class don't often realize that yoga can support them not just as a form of exercise, but also...

What Is the Meaning of (Your) Life?

What Is the Meaning of (Your) Life?

by Michael F. Steger Psychologists don't study "The Meaning Of Life" (cue portentious music). Instead, we study meaning in life … as in the meaning you find in your life. We don't know any more than...

Leading with Strengths: Conversations That Connect

Leading with Strengths: Conversations That Connect

by Jane Anderson Do you regularly have strengths conversations? A strengths conversation is a simple discussion about your strengths or someone else’s. Many of us probably don’t have strengths...

Sometimes You Are Just Not Enough

Sometimes You Are Just Not Enough

by Jillian Darwish Have you ever had the joy of attending a conference or workshop and been so energized by the content that you couldn’t wait to get back to the office or the classroom to start...

The Magical Alchemy of Transformative Teaching

In this video, Maria Sirois, PsyD, shares one of her earliest experiences of a teacher who made a powerful impact on her students' lives. What does it take to be a transformational teacher? The...

WholeRunner: Run Into Your VIA Character Strengths

WholeRunner: Run Into Your VIA Character Strengths

by Louis Cinquino The WholeRunner approach isn’t sports psychology. That field is primarily focused on competition: how the mind can make you a better athlete, a faster runner. This is not our...

CiPP Spotlight: Lisa Brown

CiPP Spotlight: Lisa Brown

by Suzee Connole The CiPP Spotlight has been my baby for the past year or so. I’ve talked with some marvelous people doing amazing things in their field. With the new year come new ideas! Meet Lisa...

WholeRunner: Reinvent Your Running Log with SPIRE

WholeRunner: Reinvent Your Running Log with SPIRE

by Louis CinquinoIn most of my solo running, I like to mix things up. I rarely know exactly where I’m going to run when I head out the door. I have a time or general location in mind and...

The Practice of Befriending Our Resistance

The Practice of Befriending Our Resistance

by Kim Childs Several years ago, I was invited to be a writer and facilitator on a wonderful project. On the morning it began, I found myself dawdling and stalling on my way out the door for the...