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Watch on YouTube Hi, I’m Carin Rockind. Welcome to PPN Bites where we give you 60-second helpings of the positive psychology news you need to know. Truth be told, I’ve…

In his new book, Wisdom @ Work, Chip Conley invites workers of all ages to become Menterns (simultaneously mentors and interns), with intergenerational reciprocity that allows all age cohorts to learn from each other.

Watch on YouTube Hi, I’m Carin Rockind. Welcome to PPN Bites, where we give you 60-second helpings of the Positive Psychology News you need to know. We have an aging…

Watch on YouTube Hi, I’m Carin Rockind, welcome to PPN Bites, where we give you 60-second helpings of the positive psychology news you need to know. So it’s long been…

We interviewed Carin Rockind on our most recent PPND Webinar on October 17th, 2018. Carin Rockind is the leading happiness expert and the founder of PurposeGirl, a movement to empower purpose-driven living.…

Reading this book gives you the opportunity to hang out with two radiant, loving master teachers who will connect you to your inner wisdom and joy.

We interviewed Sean Doyle on our most recent PPND Webinar on October 3rd, 2018. He spoke about his book, Mud and Dreams: Through essays and stories on the poetry and science of…

ANNOUNCEMENT:  On October 17, we will have a Positive Psychology News webinar featuring Carin Rockind, author of the Living on Purpose Guide, contributor to the book Pebbles in the Pond: Wave…

Wendy Toh was one of my favorite bosses. She did not assume that I could read her mind about what was important to her. Wendy taught me to have Big Rocks conversations as a way to negotiate priorities. Here’s how one of these discussions might go.

Watch on YouTube Hi, I’m Carin Rockind. Welcome to PPN Bites where we give you 60-second helpings of the Positive Psychology News you need to know. I know, selfies might…

Let’s take a moment to look at the ownership of your time. Some of it is yours. If you are employed, some of it belongs to your employer. But how much?

I have traveled a long, rugged road to find my way back to see you with new eyes. Dear Mister Rogers, thank you for the opportunity to offer you my gratitude. You taught us that feelings are not forever. We may be sad now but we’ll also be happy again. We get to feel all of the feelings because they are all part of life.

ANNOUNCEMENT:  On October 3, we will have a Positive Psychology News webinar featuring Sean Doyle, author of the newly released book, Mud and Dreams: Essays on falling more deeply in love…

Watch on YouTube Hi, I’m Carin Rockind. Welcome to PPN Bites, where we give you 60-second helpings of the positive psychology news you need to know. Last year during the…

How I learned about the psycho-social costs of chronic degenerative disease and what I decided to do about it: the genesis of the HEART initiative.

Trees can teach us to embrace change. They can also teach us that with change we needn’t discard aspects of our past. We can act in ways that allow people, feelings, and experiences to fill us up and contribute to life and development of well-being. We can do this without trying to hold onto them forever and without expecting them to be a certain way.

Feedback is a gift, right? Yet I’m willing to bet that most people are anxious about getting feedback on their work. Here’s a sample of the responses I’ve heard people…

On September 5, we interviewed Christine Duvivier, author of the eBook, Best-Loved Love Notes to My Child… What I’d Say if You Wouldn’t Roll Your Eyes. With her laser focus on the hidden genius, leadership and true potential in each of us, she refutes the “not good enough” myth and replaces it with her model that holds our spirit and well-being at its core.

Tal Ben-Shahar, researcher, positive psychologist and Harvard professor, has proven and shown that perfectionism is a leading cause of unhappiness. A 2017 study shows that perfectionism has actually only increased over the last 30 years.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, anything having to do with these phones, you may love it, you may hate it; the question is: What is it doing to our well-being, to our happiness?