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Knowing and Not Knowing
by Tal Ben-Shahar The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. —Ralph Waldo Emerson We fear the unknown. We desperately want to know what happened last summer, or last...
The Power of Story: An Interview with Margarita Tarragona on Narrative Practices
In this interview with CiPP graduate and Positive Psychology Coach Jane Anderson, WBI faculty member Margarita Tarragona explains how personal narrative can be used as a powerful tool in therapy,...
The Three Keys to Confidence
by Mina Simhai You know her when you see her. The woman who walks with authority. She talks, people listen. She listens, people talk. She cares more about being respected than being liked, and isn’t...
Asking Great Coaching Questions, Part Two: Appreciative Inquiry
by Lynda Wallace Recently, I wrote about the value of listening carefully to our coaching clients and simply asking them to be more specific and concrete as they talk about their strengths,...
Asking Great Coaching Questions, Part One: Start by Listening
by Lynda Wallace I love being a Positive Psychology Coach. Having spent my first career as a business executive, some days I can hardly believe that now I get to earn my living by helping people...
Making Your Bed: The Positive Power of Everyday Actions
by Megan McDonough At his commencement speech at the University of Texas, Admiral McRaven gave seemingly strange advice: Make your bed. He said: If you make your bed every morning you will have...
Words Create Worlds
by Margarita Tarragona, PhD “Words create worlds.” I love this quote, though I don´t know who said it originally. It has been attributed to philosophers including Heschel and Wittgenstein, and today...
Happiness Boosters
by Tal Ben-Shahar In a perfect world, we would be able to engage in meaningful and pleasurable activities all day, every day. But for most people, that is not possible. A single parent doesn’t...
Finding Your CiPP Study Group
by Daryl Lander It might be hard to believe, but I actually considered not signing up for the Certificate in Positive Psychology program at Kripalu, because the process of finding a small study...