New Year’s Resolutions As another year draws to a close, so a new one begins and with it comes the almost mandatory New Year’s Resolutions! Resolutions that are mainly broken before the end of the first week of the year. The dark depressing winter evenings (although...
“I am in charge of how I feel and today I am choosing happiness.” Before Taking Positive Psychology my thoughts about the course were: I thought the course was going to talk about positivity within a person and how to avoid negativity in a person’s life. Though I also...
It is miraculous. It is not forced. It is not the subject of something external. Having clarity means having choices. Being clear on what you will or will not allow in your life is liberating. If you can see yourself in your true form, something rare to be sure, you...
In the midst of the festive season it is often easy to get caught up in abundant taskings and volunteer efforts, and while leading experts tell us that giving back to others is a wonderful way to receive back two-fold, it can come at a price of compromise to personal...
“Dear Santa, How are you? I hope the reindeer are being nice to Rudolph. For Christmas what I really want is superpowers. Oh, and an iPod.” I have spent the last 20 minutes scalding my arm over a kettle, steaming open my daughter’s carefully sealed letter....
For me, the holiday season is all about mixed emotions. On the one hand, I love the wrapping of gifts, the decorating of the Christmas tree and the smell of yummy goodies, while joyful music plays in the background, silenced only by the sound of merry laughter and the...
Sometimes Fast. Oprah calls it an ‘A-Ha’ moment. For me, perhaps others, it’s a flash. It’s quick. Being clear on something means to sit, to ponder to wonder for a long while, then all of a sudden, it’s right there in front of you. Clear...
In our hectic, sometimes confusing and mixed up world, priorities are the only thing keeping us focused on what matters most to us. For many of us, prioritizing is our business. It’s our skill set that we teach or coach or instill in others. We discuss feeling ‘over’...
Back in Canada, I knew a lovely Spanish lady whose kids were in the same school as mine. We were talking about parenting one day, and she said the secret to a happy life was to raise children with all your heart and expect nothing in return. It sounded like wise...
Carl Jung said, “I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” In positive psychology, when we speak about our character, we speak about our strengths according to a carefully measured and weighed set of virtues and strengths. The powerhouse team of Dr....