PhD Life

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...

04 Sep

Posted at 10:38h in Glimpse into Me, PhD Life by

I don’t use the word “epic” often, but it is perfect to describe the 3,500-mile cross-country road trip journey-odyssey-pilgrimage I made from Philadelphia to California this past month.  Three-and-a-half of us (my cockapoo Ryder in tow also) traveled through twelve states in ten days. It was really such a beautiful way to see my home country and get to know friends on a deeper level. It also gave me time to grieve what I’m losing in this move, and pause to consider what I’m gaining, as I transition to life in California to be a doctoral student in psychology. The...

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