An Interview with Artist and CiWPP Graduate Syd Hap
For Syd Hap, a graduate of Wholebeing Institute's Certificate in Wholebeing Positive...
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CiPP Tours: A Host’s-Eye View
by Ruth Pearce Back at the March CiPP immersion at Kripalu, it seemed so natural to offer my home for a CiPP Tour gathering in the late summer or early fall. We had just spent the week bonding,...
Learning to Lift
by Megan McDonough The words we speak, the actions we take, and the intentions we hold in our heart either lift or diminish—both ourselves and others. This past weekend, I was with a group of CiPP...
The Quest for the Authentic Self at 3:38 in the Afternoon
by Karissa Thacker The other morning, I woke up knowing that the day was going to be stressful. So I decided to focus on the following statement as the background narrative in my mind: “I am loose...
Self-Interest and Benevolence
by Tal Ben-Shahar Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. —Howard...
The Five Deep Breaths Habit
by Braco Pobric "Take a deep breath" is commonly taken as a figure of speech, but many people don’t understand what deep breathing can actually do for us physically and mentally. Throughout history,...
Authentic Leadership Defined
by Karissa Thacker As practitioners of the psychology of possibility, we live in an amazing time to be partnering with (and as) leaders. Here we are in the Digital Age, and old industrial-age...
Building Habits That Make Life Better
by Mina Simhai Few books cause me to say “This changed my life,” but Better than Before, by Gretchen Rubin, has done just that. And it continues to do so—every day. At first, I found the book a bit...
CiPP Tours: Tiny Reminders
by Nicole Stottlemyer The journey of becoming my best self is not always easy-peasy-pumpkin-squeezie. It has its ups and downs—“the vicissitudes of life,” as Tal Ben-Shahar would say. In CiPP, we...
Transitions and Transformation
by Megan McDonough In the northeast corner of the United States, where I live, it's a time of beginnings and endings. The kids are off to school, the summer sun is waning, and little bits of color...