Contemplating the Keys to Well-being

Contemplating the Keys to Well-being

The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society. They list and define the keys to well-being:...
Begin in Beauty

Begin in Beauty

Greet Each Day with Joy and Gratitude This four-week email creative experiment is designed to help you move into your life awash in gratitude for the beauty around us. It’s easy to lose touch with what brings us peace and happiness. There is always beauty around us....
How do I want to share strengths?

How do I want to share strengths?

Kind promise: I will share strengths. This promise is unlike most others because it has no adverb attached. Other promises are done gracefully, tenderly, patiently and whimsically. This promise just stands there, stolid. I have been noodling, the last few days, with...

Kind Promises

Kind promises evolved as a way of practicing compassion for myself, others and the larger world. I work with each promise a month at a time, blogging about my discoveries. At the end of the month, write a newsletter (subscribe at right.) summarizing my discoveries. I...