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Is Coloring a Waste of Time?
Rebecca’s Prickly Pear Petals from the Desert Mandalas Coloring Book Saturday, September 14, 2019 is National Coloring Day which is particularly special for us (perhaps not surprising for those of you who know that Rebecca made Coloring Creates Wellbeing: The
I Made These!
Actor Seth Rogan and His Vases Actor and comedian Seth Rogen, the voice of Pumbaa the silly warthog in the latest version of the Lion King, has just taken up ceramics. After enthusiastically posting on Twitter pictures of his charming
Positive Partnerships
Rebecca’s Appreciation Cards Over the last couple of months, we have been exploring how to boost our positivity by introducing “micro-moments” of positive emotions and experiences, especially important when we are going through difficult times. This helps us not only
Micro-Moments of Positivity
Tabitha-Things I Enjoy Last month, we talked about the negativity bias and the “Broaden and Build Theory of Positive Emotions.” The Broaden and Build Theory refers to the broadening effect that positive emotions and experiences have on what we perceive
How Feeling Good Changes Your Mind
Jenny–Heart Warmth Gioia and Rebecca often joke that despite the fact that they share the exact same profile on the Myers-Briggs–they are both heavily weighed on the scale of extroverted, feeling, and intuitive perceivers–they are opposites in their natural dispositions.
In the Moment and Long-Term Coping
Gioia–Symbol of Strength and Perseverance One of our clients recently added a nuance to our approach to managing stress and developing resilience. She identified that she parses her “toolbox” of coping strategies into two categories–techniques she uses “in the moment”