by Lynn Soots | February, 2016 | Culture, Positive Psychology, Relationships, self-development
I always had an infatuation with intuition. I saw it as an inner guide, the voice of my true self, with answers to all the questions that befuddled me. If only I could nurture a reliable connection to this secret hideout of wisdom. If only I could tune up its voice in...
by Dan Collinson | December, 2015 | Community, Culture
Resilience and emotional toolkits One theory on resilience is that it is the end result of knowingly applying positive psychology in the face of personal adversity and challenge. One of the reasons I am such an advocate of this field of psychology personally is...
by Lynn Soots | October, 2015 | Community, Culture, Relationships, Uncategorized
The Syrian crisis has been the most frequent topic of discussion in my twins’ Global Perspectives class. I love the concept of the class – they access media coverage from around the world and see the same event covered from different perspectives. A great way to...
by Dan Collinson | October, 2015 | Culture, self-development
Overlooking the pleasures of food There is no better season than summer to write about pleasures and food falls squarely within this realm. Yet, we routinely overlook its sensuality and fall into mindless, functional eating or succumb to overconsumption, missing...
by Lynn Soots | August, 2015 | Culture, Relationships, self-development
I have always had an interest in living a good life – perhaps a natural attraction towards positive psychology. An experience early on in life eventually taught me the value of seeing the self as far deeper than the finely curated fragments of body and mind that we...
by Dan Collinson | July, 2015 | Culture
Is there a role for positive psychology in conflict situations? I have just returned from Kurdistan (Iraq) where I visited several Yazidi families, many of which lost their children or family members under siege near Mount Sinjar this December. This trip forced me to...
