by Aren Henry | January, 2020 | Grit, Grit/Grace/Gratitude, Karen Henry, Uncategorized
2020 means perfect vision. A perfect balance of all that allows one to see both the near and the far. I’ve been thinking about my part in helping the positive psychology people develop, along with other journeys in the growth of the field of positive psychology. “I” statements invite powerful ownership of our personal truth. From there, we can change anything we want. I didn’t become a world renowned researcher or author, but that never stopped me from seeing it through a lens of clarity. I didn’t strive toward owning my place at the table of IPPA, or even get the invite to the party. I could have. No regrets. Still, I’ve dedicated myself to the research and practice of the philosophy in my own small corner of the world. This year, that shifts toward a bit more. 2007-2019 the birth and death of the way I used to do business. 2020 What I’ve done is set some resolutions, intentions and goals for the professional and personal ways in which I will contribute to the conversation of the field of the positive psychology movement. 2020 seems the perfect invitation to do so purposefully, with intent and with the passion. Since 2007, I’ve participated on small stages in this profession. In 2014, when my life imploded, I went through living life on a teetering ball of flaming grief. Part of me died. It’s funny how we mark the tree of life with the number of years, rather than the number of moments. That’s also how we make it through grief. we walk on a path, marking the surroundings with the...
by Aren Henry | November, 2019 | Grace, Gratitude, Grit, Grit/Grace/Gratitude, Karen Henry
Abundance ‘I have abundance of …’, finish that sentence in your own voice. ‘I am abundant in …’, finish that sentence. Turn it into an action word, and now, a present day, ‘now’ phrase. The self-help industries tell us to envision it, as if we already have what we want. So do some theories in practice in the field of psychology. And in the sports industries. There is an interesting phenomenon happening in the world right now. A pull toward alternative methods of health and healing being reexamined along with the science of what it is to be human. They are more in sync with each other than one would imagine. I know this because I study both. Some of you do too. Openness to new experiences We know that several theories and models in psychology pay attention to how open people are, as a way of seeing the world. We also know that our belief system is a hot topic for today’s times that are constantly in the light. People are noticing every single event that goes on in the world, giving them an overdose of information. Then, they are wondering why they feel so very stressed out and overwhelmed. We are stressed out and overwhelmed because we are taking in too much of everything. We are abundant with information, but not necessarily clarity or education or even common sense. We are flooded with seeing a side of others we never knew was there because we are using our own lens to decide who that person is, based on a small sliver of public information about them. Positive...
