Eudaimonia

In my University this week we discussed pleasures verses gratifications. Pleasures are fleeting, like eating chocolate. If we eat too often it loses its happy zing. One way to enhance simple pleasures is to spread them out, which keeps them from habituating.
Gratification on the other hand is an activity that [...]

A Joyful Food Revolution

Jamie Oliver will be on a new TV show starting March 26, Friday at 9pm,EST
He will be visiting Huntington, WV, the most unhealthy town in the USA.
If you have not seen Jamie…please check him out. He is a fun, lovable guy on a mission to help us eat real food and enjoy life.
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Practice with meaning: take time to refect

I’m reading a great book by James Zull. The Art of Changing the Brain.
Neuroscience shows us two things that lead to change. The first one is Practice, yet after a while practice is not longer a stimulus. That is why we need the second one, emotion or meaning. If your learning something new and it [...]

Living Assignments

In my university classes and in my coaching practice I provide Living Assignments, a small practice to make the research come alive. One powerful living assignment is to walk with awareness.
Put away the ipod, cell phone and mental worries. Connect with the environment, sights, sounds and your own inner senses. What happens is magical. [...]

Positivity: The Leadership Tipping Point

Leaders need the skills that create positive cultures.
I will be taking a road trip to attend a conference in March that will bring the topic alive in discussion and collaborations.
Positivity: The Leadership Tipping Point is a conference on the intersections of leadership and positive psychology. At this conference, you’ll hear from notable authors, scholars, [...]

Mindfulness @ UVa

Jon Kabat-Zinn is coming to UVa
He will be doing a public talk on Friday March 12 at 7pm in Old Cabell hall
Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, world-renowned teacher of mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and author of numerous books including Full Catastrophe Living, will lead a one-day retreat on mindfulness for community members, including public school teachers [...]

optimism opens us

Being postive is about taking action. We can’t think our way to happiness we need to feel our way there. This takes a shift in perception- a change in how we see things. This new way of being requires the qualities of acceptance and compassion.