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How You Celebrate Good News is Important to Strong Relationships
I had the opportunity to go on a vacation that had been on my “bucket list” for years. In September, I went on an African photo safari! It was everything I hoped it would be and more and I’m doing a pretty good job of hanging onto hakuna matata, meaning “no...
Dealing with an Emotional Hijack
Can you remember the last time when you went from “just fine” to “absolutely livid” in seconds?! I had one of those moments just a few days ago. Being livid in seconds because of something that happened is referred to as being “emotionally hijacked” in Emotional...
Flourishing Scale Assessment
Flourishing is about becoming alive with possibility and being remarkably resilient to hard times. It's more than just being happy as our behavior becomes creative, alive and uplifted as we live with meaning and purpose. To find how you're doing, below is a...
What Went Well Exercise to Help You Thrive
Research shows that gratitude is among the most powerful of emotions to help us thrive. Unfortunately, we tend to think too much about what goes wrong and not enough about what goes right in our lives. While it makes sense to analyze bad events so that we learn from...
The Positivity Ratio
I've had the pleasure of speaking to groups of coaches in the Washington DC Metro Area on the topic of, “Weaving Positive Psychology Tools into Your Coaching.” We began the session using the “What Went Well” tool that I shared with you in a previous article. I’d...
What is Positive Psychology?
Positive Psychology is foremost about focus - about focusing on what’s right, what’s working, and what’s possible. It’s differentiated from much of the history of Psychology, which is the study of what’s wrong with us and the mental illness of human beings. There are...
What are the Benefits of Thriving at Work?
Thriving goes by other names including flourishing, positivity, and happiness. Barbara Frederickson in her book Positivity, talks about how positive emotions aren’t just signals of well-being; they are creators of well-being. A study of nearly every scientific...
What is Thriving?
Thriving is prospering, being well, being at our best alive with possibility and resilient to hard times. Martin Seligman is considered the Father of Positive Psychology and in his book Flourish, he defines five components of flourishing and takes the focus of...