This morning, I met a brilliant woman. I’d like to share some of her story, because it absolutely restored my faith in humanity and the direction of the world. This woman was born in Afghanistan and lived part of her…
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Faith restored
Tagged with: celebration, coaching, flourishing, gratitude, happiness, leadership, positive emotions, strengths
Posted in coaching, positive leadership, positive psychology
Posted in coaching, positive leadership, positive psychology
The Secret of Ever-Lasting Willpower
How does it seem that some people are able to stare down temptation, and yet others give in all too easily? And how come so many of us feel that we exist in the second of those two groups? January,…
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Tagged with: coaching, happiness, leadership, positive emotions
Posted in coaching, Positive Interventions
Posted in coaching, Positive Interventions
Upcoming workshops and events in Kingston, Ontario
I will be teaching an 8-week course titled “Focus on the Positive” through St. Lawrence College, Wednesday evenings, starting Jan 25th 6:30-8:30pm. For more information, please visit http://www.stlawrencecollege.ca/parttime/King-Hlth07.htm. Also, we are pleased to participate in World Happy Day on February…
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Posted in announcements, positive psychology
Are you really ready for a change?
A client recently gave me considerable pause for thought during a coaching session. While we were brainstorming various options to a question that she had, she met every idea with “yeah, but”. Every. Single. One. I started counting – over…
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Tagged with: coaching, learning, life satisfaction, meaning, mindfulness, positive change, resistance, well-being
Posted in coaching, continued learning
Posted in coaching, continued learning
Let’s say it all together – you shouldn’t always “think positive”
Overlooking the grammatical error in that title (it should be “think positively”), there is a reason why blogs like this continue to annoy me. There seems to be a presumption that, in business, if you only think positively, then you…
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Tagged with: corporate thinking, flourishing, leadership, positive organizations, positive thinking, rant, Seligman, well-being
Posted in consulting, MAPP, positive workplaces
Posted in consulting, MAPP, positive workplaces
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