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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?

ANNOUNCEMENT:  On September 5, we will have a Positive Psychology News webinar featuring Christine Duvivier, author of the eBook, Best-Loved Love Notes to My Child… What I’d Say if You Wouldn’t…

We interviewed Karen Warner on our most recent PPND Webinar on May 9, 2018. She spoke about The Sudden Caregiver’s Paradox: her discovery, first-hand, that caregiving for a loved one, while being inarguably depleting, can be, for many, a surprising source of well-being.  Here is the webinar in case you missed it or want to see it again!

I invite you to participate in a research study by filling in an online questionnaire about courage in the workplace.

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” gets most heads nodding like a metronome. Except, of course, when the apple does in fact fall far. This stunning documentary takes you behind the scenes with several incredible families where individual children are outliers, entirely distinctive from all the other kinsfolk. Right now the film is opening in theaters across the United States and I encourage you to observe positive profiles in resilience, hope, and the enduring power of love amongst five amazing families.

It’s often asked, “I’m just one person. Is there anything I can do?” The answer is yes.

Building your professional network can seem like a daunting task. Here’s a way to break it down into two much simpler steps that help you keep track of connections and strengthen relationships.

Big question, are happiness and intellect correlated? The answer might be yes.

Back in March, Dr. Attila Oláh invited people to attend the 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology in Budapest. The conference happened in late June. Here is a report on conference happenings.