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Grit and Goal Setting, in Rio and Beyond

Grit and Goal Setting, in Rio and Beyond

CiPP Spotlight, featuring Caroline Adams Miller by Suzee Connole Grit is defined as very small pieces of sand or stone—or a mental toughness and courage. It's safe to assume that everyone has...

New Year, New Story

New Year, New Story

by Portland Helmich When my ex-husband and I were first splitting up, I was overcome by a powerful need to share the story of our breakup with my dearest friends. Over and over, I detailed the...

Sharing the Gold of Positive Psychology

Sharing the Gold of Positive Psychology

Alumni Spotlight Featuring Rebecca Soni Rebecca Soni is a six-time Olympic medalist in swimming, and the founder of the mentoring program RISE Elite Athletes. She's using what she learned in the...

The Community Connector

The Community Connector

Alumni Spotlight Featuring Phoebe Atkinson The Certificate in Positive Psychology (CiPP) is more then a course. The connections formed at CiPP are not meant to end when CiPP ends. They are intended...

Listening to Connect

Listening to Connect

Alumni Spotlight CiPP4 graduate Jonathan Aronoff has spent his whole life listening. “It’s easy for me to connect with others after growing up with an identical twin brother,” he says. He credits...

“I Am a Writer”

“I Am a Writer”

Alumni Spotlight “I am a writer.” Karissa Thacker read that “ideal self” statement from her notebook every day after graduating from the Certificate in Positive Psychology course in January 2014....

One Kind Day, One Kind Life

One Kind Day, One Kind Life

Alumni Spotlight Vikki Nicometo turned 49 a week after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012. On that birthday, she just didn’t have it in her to celebrate the way she usually...