This blog originated as a result of the following assignment in my positive psychology course
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Feeling connected, being known and deeply knowing, is to me, as vital as air. Friendships have guided
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I registered for meditation class in Junior College. I thought it would be a blow off course, an easy A. Although the majority of
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I often joke about how wonderful life would be if everyone lived in Laurie-land. A community designed around
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My eating habits are terrible. I love the candy from my childhood, Peeps, Circus Peanuts, Cotton Candy. I have reveled in
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Exercise is my drug of choice. I’m not an athlete. I was the last one picked for team sports. I never qualified for
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12 hours riding shotgun from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Greenville, South Carolina allowed my mind an abundance of
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I’m a “doer”. I make it happen. I emphatically say YES. I reinvent myself after failure. I consistently seek the
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Our society is almost exclusively problem-focused. We direct our time and energy into identifying and eliminating
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At age 18, against my dad’s wise advice, I purchased my first car, a beat-to-shit, sun faded red Camero. Truth be told, I bought it to
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Self-concordant goals align with our primary interests and deepest values. People who identify and pursue these
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In 2008, I gifted my brother my beloved Magnapan speakers (the Maggies.) These speakers were
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Our mind can be our best ally AND our most destructive enemy. Optimally, our mind
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My happiness revolution evolved from the wisdom and poetry of lyrics, an unexpected rhythm, the beauty of a sustained note. Music has been
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List the areas in your life that are most important to you. Create a
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A time in my life when I thrived was when I taught a master’s level course on Psychotherapy for
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Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is
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Through the hazy film of eyes once bright with possibility and wonder
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Dear fellow human being, seeking a meaningful, rich, wholehearted life, When and how did mental health become
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reflecting on my childhood, a photo consistently comes to mind. my
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