Teaching Myself Resilience: What I Did (and Didn’t Do) Over the Summer to Become a More Resilient Teacher
On the last day of my first year of teaching, time slowed to a trudge. We were scheduled to have a...
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Running with Spire, Part II
by Louis Cinquino I made it back to Kripalu last month for the Embodied Positive Psychology Conference, and with the trip came another chance to run with some old friends, some new friends, and an...
Authentic Leadership and the Myth of Total Transparency
by Karissa Thacker Most of us tend to think of transparency as an “either/or” thing. Someone is not transparent and that is a bad thing. We usually mean they are hiding something from us. Another...
SPIRE at the Summit: Reflections on the Inaugural Embodied Positive Psychology Summit
by Ruth Pearce The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile. Optimal experience is...
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
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...
Magic Doesn’t Always Happen
by Fiona Trembath In his book Flourish, Martin Seligman devotes an entire chapter to the master of applied positive psychology program (MAPP) and the “magic” of the course content and student...
The Hope Cycle
by Mina Simhai Today, hopelessness rode in my backseat, but only for a moment. The face of hopelessness had soft auburn curls and bright hazel eyes, and carries my heart with her wherever she goes....
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...
Advice from Dad: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
by Ruth Pearce Mark Twain is quoted as saying, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how...