Should I Search for Meaning or Let It Come to Me?
By Michael F. Steger, PhD
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Inspiring Change – This Moment is the One
What was true for us playing street hockey, backyard wiffle ball or schoolyard toss is true for us now in the fields of adulthood: keep your eye on the ball, look for unexpected openings, rest when...
Inspiring Change – In Order to Change Anything, You Have to Change Something
Change doesn't happen because we wish it or because the universe magically aligns to make it so. It occurs when we make the conscious choice to imagine a better future and then choose the steps that...
Inspiring Change – Pivot Away
Anyone who does not support us fully in our vision of our lives, who does not sing our song, honor our gifts, stand firm in the conviction that we matter as we are, limits us. Our heartfelt response...
Inspiring Change
WBI welcomes a new, ongoing blog by Dr. Maria Sirois called Inspiring Change. Change is difficult and takes time. We could all use reminders now and then to return us to our focus, streamline our...
Book Review: Positive Psychology and the Body
You’ve heard the term psychosomatic before—and probably not in too kind of a way. The term is used to refer the mind’s power to conjure up maladies in the body—mental thoughts creating realities...
Celebrate Endings
As my children go back to school—one to college and the other entering high school—I realize that as adults, we do not have many events that signify an ending of one thing (like summer) and the...
What is Wholebeing Institute?
As CEO of Wholebeing Institute, I am constantly asked to define the organization—what we do, who we are, and why this work is needed. My answer, in a nutshell, is one sentence: WBI is an educational...
Putting the Meaning back in Achievement
“Is that as high as you can go?” my surgeon asked. I winced and nodded, arm outstretched slightly above shoulder height. “That’s great!” I dropped my arm, trying not to cry. It was three weeks after...
Starting a Positive Practice
This morning was my first day of Wholebeing Institute’s 30-Day Challenge. The purpose of the challenge is to commit to practicing a positive action for the next 30 days in a row to reinforce the...