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...
by LesleyLyle | April 2015 | A Million Smiles, Culture
Same, same, but different. They are not like us. In fact, I hope they never are. For some weeks since first arriving in Cambodia there has been one question that has plagued me – what is it that makes Cambodian people smile? After intensive internal debate, as...
