Mindfulness Tag

04 Mar

Posted at 14:32h in Events, PhD Life by

          In response to the continuing failure of many research-based interventions to create systems change at scale, I am happy to announce a new initiative – The Change Lab – I’ve co-founded with Michelle McQuaid and Michelle Etheve.The Change Lab hosts conversations that challenge and amplify frameworks, tools and best practices which increase our confidence, motivation, and impact as change-agents working powerfully together in beloved community. We will re run the Certificate In Creating Positive Change – a twelve-week online experience beginning March 17. If you’ve been trying to help people, teams, workplaces, schools, or entire communities to create positive changes and feel that...

09 Sep

Posted at 11:44h in Events, PhD Life by

            This summer I attended the Sixth World Congress on Positive Psychology in Melbourne, Australia. I gleaned many insights, strengthened old and made new connections, spoke on several panels, won the positive organizational intervention challenge award. Colleagues and I created a high-tech and high-touch system called “Feedforward” to help organizations step up how they have development conversations that actually work. I also got clearer on my own research agenda for the PhD I’m working on to build systems-informed positive psychology. My research serves to enhance the efficacy of positive interventions and increase our collective social impact. Social impact is anything that improves...

02 Aug

Posted at 12:26h in family, Glimpse into Me, Love by

Last month, my brother in law, Mike, died after fighting a valiant fight with cancer. He was 54 years old. While Mike’s death was foreseen and we were each able to have special moments with a special man before he transitioned, it still does not take away the sadness of loss and the readjustment of “normal” life, both of which take time. My sister, her children and our entire family and friends have rallied together in a beautiful way; I am so grateful they are my tribe. While I’ve lost people in my life, including my brother at a young age,  never...

20 Mar

Posted at 05:44h in Glimpse into Me, Mindfulness by

I spent the past 3 days in a digital detox by eliminating all email, Facebook, Twitter, and insta-anything from my diet. It was a very intentional effort to unplug and restore. Instead, I went old-school and even drafted some of this by long hand! Can you imagine? What I learned is just how addicted I am to these mobile and screen-based technologies. I don’t use the addict word lightly. It had come to the point that even before getting out of bed, I’m checking my emails and social media accounts as part of my morning ritual. Half-hazed or on the toilet or...

27 Jan

Posted at 21:24h in Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology, Learning Lab by

Want to study applied positive psychology with the most amazing cohort of like-minded professionals who are also out for personal development? Then our Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology is for you. Early bird discount in Philadelphia--which I'm directing (cohort starts 3/7/15) and San Francisco (cohort starts 3/28) ends on Saturday, 1/31/15. ...

17 Jan

Posted at 16:33h in Mindfulness, patterns, Positive Psychology, Present, self regulation by

This piece was first published on Positive Psychology News Daily. The alarm goes off in the morning. You may think: I didn't get enough sleep last night. I am super excited to start the day. Most people, whether they are conscious of it or not, think (a) “I didn’t get enough sleep last night” as they hit the snooze button for eight more minutes of sleep. In fact, it’s a thought like this that causes an action of inaction which keeps you staying in bed, missing your workout, and being late to work. Further, this thought of “not enough” is the first in a slew of...

18 Dec

Posted at 20:22h in Glimpse into Me by

[caption id="attachment_1479" align="alignleft" width="277"] Look at that dog's smile![/caption] Going to the dog park as a daily routine has been really helpful in getting me on the streets of Philadelphia. I remembered from my time with Rocco in New York that people with dogs are more inclined to say hello to you on the street. Or, as is often the case, say hello to your dog, from their dog and in their dog voice. It’s the strangest thing. You’ll hear, “This is Sammy, what’s your dog’s name?” Then I’ll say with my SOMO style, “Oh, I’m Louis and he’s Ryder, what’s your name?” Often...

21 Mar

Posted at 21:51h in Glimpse into Me, Love, Meaning, Mindfulness, SOMO Leadership by

If God Invited you to a party And said, ‘Everyone In the ballroom tonight Will be my special Guest…’ How would you then treat them When you Arrived? Indeed, indeed! And I know There is no one in this world Who Is not upon His Jeweled Dance Floor Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi was a Persian mystic and poet. He was born sometime between the years 1310-1337 in Shiraz, Persia (now Iran)....

01 Nov

Posted at 11:47h in Action Research, Cognitive-behavioral, Glimpse into Me, Mindfulness, neuroscience, well-being by

[caption id="attachment_629" align="alignleft" width="276" caption="Who the hell knows?"][/caption] The story of my life. Yours too, I may presume. But not. So step off. It’s mine. Kidding. Step on. We're all fuck ups. Really, I believe this. Cause what happened to our childhood innocence and love – for ourselves, for others? Yes, I’m a fuck-up. And I’m pretty straight, sort of speak. What I mean is, I’m becoming more and more aware of my own insanity and what I’m realizing is that boy, I’ve been conditioned in a funny way. Wow. And I can’t judge it. I can’t hate it. Cause when I do,...

14 Oct

Posted at 15:35h in Action Research, Opportunity/Threat, Positive Psychology, Thoughts-Action, Workshop by

Last Tuesday evening I gave a talk at NYU Langone Medical Center for Faces: a nonprofit center to improve lives of people affected by seizures and epilepsy. The program last week, Caring for the Caretaker, attracted 200 people, many of whom were parents of children with epilepsy, and some were patients themselves. What happened though was quite unlike anything I’ve experienced before as a facilitator: resistance writ large across a crowd of folks up against real stinkin’ conditions. “Who will pay the medical bills?” “Will he ever be able to ever live alone?” “I never know if my son’s next seizure will...

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