by Lynn Soots | July, 2017 | Classroom Reflections
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t” -Rikki Rogers Before Taking Positive Psychology I was not sure what to think about Positive Psychology. I truly thought it was going to be a class where we...
by Lynn Soots | July, 2017 | Classroom Reflections
“Don’t Forget to Fall In Love With Yourself First” Before I started this course, I began to brainstorm and had quite the collage of thoughts going through my head. Can you teach an old dog new tricks? If so, how? With so many different predictions, I didn’t...
by Lynn Soots | June, 2017 | Classroom Reflections
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball Before taking the class I was thinking that this class is going to be about being “fufu happy”. The kind of happy that is...
by Lynn Soots | June, 2017 | Classroom Reflections
“The Mind is Everything, What You Think You Become” When I saw the course title Positive Psychology, I thought, man I need this course. Knowing psychology is the science of the mind, I felt I would learn how to control my thoughts, which will put me in a better place...
by Lynn Soots | January, 2017 | Classroom Reflections
“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson Hope and reframing Obstacles I assumed Postive Psychology would teach us how to have happy thoughts and nothing else. I figured...