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 …
Gioia–How to Be Happier Concrete Steps to Improve Positivity Myers Briggs Feelers/Positive or Negative Feelings?Gioia and Rebecca are both Feelers on the Myers Briggs Personality Type. In fact, Gioia and Rebecca have the exact same profile—Extrovert/Intuitive/Feeler/Perceiver (ENFP). However, where they differ is that Gioia is prone to positive emotions (joy, connection, contentment, energy) and Rebecca negative ones (anxiety, guilt, anger). …
Gioia–Faces Race is a touchy topic, partly because, as we explored in our last newsletter, it brings up so many taboos. One of those is the challenging notion that people of other races “all look the same to me”. Clinically that is known as Own Race Bias (ORB). Although many of us, whatever our racial identity, might wish that we …
They All Look the Same to Me: Reducing Own Race Bias Click to Read Post »
Lee’s Postcard Barbara Fredrickson, one of our favorite psychologists and author of Love 2.0, provocatively asks “What if everything we know about love is wrong?” We like featuring her work in February because Valentine’s Day triggers so many preconceived expectations about love. These are usually associated with romantic love, with a connection that we believe can only be fulfilled by …
Everything You Know About Love Is Wrong Click to Read Post »
Ceci Playing with Her Puppy Picture a cozy living room with turquoise walls warmed softly by a gas stove in the corner and the flickering green, red, orange, and blue lights of a small Christmas in the front of the room. In another corner, a TV quietly projects the drama of a Spanish “novella”, one of the Latin soap operas …
What Keep You Going When You’re Almost 100?! Click to Read Post »
Rebecca–Rising Sun When we work with people in substance abuse recovery, we focus on identifying positive emotions they’d want to experience if their recovery from addiction goes as well as it possibly could. Using this “fake it ’til you make it” approach allows people the opportunity to imagine, and act “as if”, their ideal life was a reality. In this …
Gioia’s Friend Sarah at Her Farm with Annie and Tabitha Last weekend Gioia took her family to visit her old friend, Sarah, who farms on Maryland’s beautiful Eastern shore. They arrived in the early evening after a wonderful day of enjoying the water. Sarah and her husband fed us a succulent meal of fresh-picked grilled zucchini, onions, and squash from …
Gioia–Nesting Eggs March of 2014, Creative Wellbeing Workshops is celebrating the completion of co-founder Gioia Chilton’s Ph.D. studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Gioia was the first student accepted into Drexel’s new doctoral program in Creative Arts Therapies and now becomes the first student to defend her dissertation. The program director, Dr. Nancy Gerber, wrote about Gioia, “Ms. Chilton has …
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