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I’m sure you’re an awesome driver and never make mistakes. Other drivers are lucky to have you in their midst! And I’m sure you’ve never forgotten an appointment or mixed [...]

Even though I often emphasize the benefits of increasing our positivity skills, I also want to point out that there are many reasons why it can be good to focus on the bad.  Denying, minimizing, [...]

Days rush by and so do the years! I’ve noticed that if I don’t take time to reflect and plan, the time flies by without any direction from me. So I if I want to design the kind of [...]

One of the great things about writing a holiday letter to share is it makes you think back on the past year. What happened? What changed? What did you do that was different or interesting? In our [...]

Have you ever had an “Ah ha!” moment where your beliefs and understanding of something were suddenly clear? That’s how I felt when I watched Brené Brown’s video on [...]

Try this experiment. Stand up, raise your arms open wide to the sky. Look up with a big smile on your face and say, “I’m so sad!” Now try this experiment. Sit down and slump [...]

There are two young fish swimming along who happen to meet an older fish. The older fish nods at them and says, “Morning boys, how’s the water?” The two young fish swim on for a bit [...]

Have you ever heard of the placebo effect, sometimes called the sugar pill effect? It’s this idea that patients believe they’re getting a medicine, surgery, or intervention that will [...]

I never knew that my emotions were trying to tell me something! Especially my negative emotions. I just thought they were meant to make me feel bad. But Positive Psychology has taught me that [...]

If I were to list all the things I don’t like about myself, you’d probably relate to me and my struggles. After all, we’re comfortable focusing on our shortcomings. But if I [...]