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Hope Amidst Violence and Conflict

In this edition of the WBI/JCC Positive Psychology Hour, Oded Adomi Leshem, Scholar at Hebrew U, discusses how hope theory can aid us at this time of collective sorrow and rage and how it can propel...

Living My Zest Life

Traveling to the mountains of Switzerland brought me in contact with one of my top five strengths: vitality, or zest. We had planned to have a relaxing week taking in the fresh mountain air, but the...

You Can Transform the Negativity of Stress and Anxiety

by Dan Tomasulo

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 noon dismissal but the morning seemed to draw on forever. An entire year of highs and lows,...