Faculty and practitioners share wisdom on positive psychology, health and wellness, mindfulness, and living the good life. Want to contribute? Check out the submission guidelines.
Faculty member Jennifer Hanawald offers an overview of Wholebeing Institute’s Positive Psychology Coaching Certification program.
CiPP Spotlight: Richard Miller by Suzee Connole Richard Miller has a calm, comforting voice that drowned out the noisy street outside my open apartment window. As we spoke on the phone, I closed my...
by Lynda Wallace In my last blog post, we saw what optimistic people do, but how can we learn to do those things ourselves? Here’s a five-step process for practicing the art of optimism in the face...
CiPP Spotlight: Emiliana Simon-Thomas Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, PhD, brings an interesting perspective to the study of positive psychology. She combines her background in neuroscience with her...
by Mina Simhai I remember my first time. My palms were sweating, and I was decidedly uncomfortable looking into the eyes of all the strangers around me, much less touching them. I chose to trust the...
by Lynda Wallace Optimism is a powerfully beneficial approach to life. It’s well established that optimistic people are happier, healthier, and more successful than pessimists. And optimism is much...
by Megan McDonough What do you want to accomplish? Want to start doing yoga, or running? To be a great leader? To make more money? To be a prolific writer? To lose those pesky 10 pounds? When you...
by Tal Ben-Shahar Taste the joy that springs from labor. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In Hebrew, the word for “work” (avoda) stems from the same root as the word for “slave” (evod). Most of us...
by Elaine O’Brien Movement practices are vital to our wholebeing. Our body, carriage (how we hold our body), and how we move are integral to how we think, feel, and act at every age and stage of our...
by Megan McDonough One of the best things about going away is coming home. For a split second, you see your familiar house anew. There is a freshness about it. The wall color surprises. The squeak...