Author: Wilkinson Rebecca

Fish Lips Overlaid by the Black Video Screen on Rebecca's Computer

Seeing More “Reality” When we write our newsletters we always try to find a photo or piece of art to illustrate whatever topic we’re exploring. This month we’d decided to write about shifting perceptions but hadn’t yet found a fitting image. Right after tabling that task, as Rebecca closed the photoshop program on her computer to open a word doc, …

Realize/Real Eyes: Shifting Perceptions Click to Read Post »

Year In ReviewAt the end of every year we do an exercise–the “Year in Review”–going through the year and listing what impacted us and what we accomplished (click here for a hand out with instruction on doing a YIR). Bigger ReflectionsAs often happens with that exercise, it led to bigger reflections about where we’ve been and where we want to …

Take Aways on Happiness and Wellbeing/Why Positive Psychology Still Matters To Us (and You) Click to Read Post »

We know being grateful makes people happier—it also makes them healthier, more resilient, and more connected to others.  But how do we actually build the gratitude muscle?  Gratitude journals?  Gratitude lists?  Counting your blessings and good fortune? Attending to the GoodThose are good ways to start, but we may grow immune to their benefits if our lists get repetitive to …

Attending to the Good versus Gratitude/How to Actually Get Grateful Click to Read Post »

Please feel free to share this information with any friends, family, colleagues, community members or organizations, etc. that you feel would benefit.  Just use the zoom link below but please do not post the zoom link itself to any public platforms like Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, or Instagram. What we will provide: A one hour and 15 minutes long workshop/lecture on managing …

2023 New Series “Art for Self-Discovery: How to Analyze Your Art To See What It Is Communicating” Free Monthly Workshops Click to Read Post »

Why is it that some of us who have been blessed with so much in life still find living so difficult? Rebecca and her friend Amy mused at this perplexing phenomenon as they commiserated on how challenging life had always seemed to be for them—especially in contrast to people like Jenny, Rebecca’s twin (also good friends with Amy) who seemed to …

Why It’s So Hard for Some of Us/The Story We Tell About Our Lives Click to Read Post »

Awe–A Transformative Positive EmotionsWe have recently been delving more into the experience of awe—awe induced by music, nature, art, spiritual experiences, and, perhaps more controversially, psychedelic drugs.  Barbara Fredrickson included awe in her research on effects of positive emotions on perception.   We can say that her work has transformed not only our approach to how we work with people but …

Awe–How To Be Transformed/Why “Do” Nature, Music, Art, and Yes, Drugs? Click to Read Post »

“My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most. Doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need, when and where they need it.”  Dr. Caitlin Bernard Caitlin Bernard/Ob-Gyn Performs an Abortion for a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim We devote this …

Women’s Reproductive Rights Advocate OB-Gyn Caitlin Bernard–What A Hero Looks Like to Us Click to Read Post »

KC, Rebecca’s Husband, Discovers He Might Be a Highly Sensitive PersonLast week Rebecca’s husband, KC, said that he’d just come across a quiz that revealed that he was a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).  Rebecca, in what could be easily be called a highly insensitive response, literally laughed out loud and said, “You are not an Highly Sensitive Person!” KC Is …

If You Are a Highly Sensitive Person, Are You an Orchid, a Sunflower, A Rose, …? Click to Read Post »

May is Mental Health Awareness MonthAt the risk of stating the obvious, though, our attention to mental health has to persist because the cost of struggling with mental illness, especially those with symptoms of depression, can be so high. Homage to Duane Who Killed Himself 9 Years AgoWe close out this month with an homage to Rebecca’s good friend, Duane, …

Mental Health Awareness Month/Homage to Duane and the People We’ve Lost to Suicide Click to Read Post »