I am sure we have all seen someone that seems to thrive under stress and are resilient. How does this happen to some and not others? There are three primary points that help people deal with stress and stay healthy. They are: These people are committed to what they do in terms of prevention … [Read more...]
Cultivating Hope
Do you consider yourself optimistic? Do you expect the best and believe in a positive future? Then you would probably consider hope to be one of your strengths. Hope is consistently linked with health and well-being. Hope is a positive emotion and a strength of transcendence on the VIA scale. … [Read more...]
Appreciation of Beauty
How many times do you take the time to appreciate beauty. One of my favorite places is the ocean. I love watching the ocean change, the waves splashing in, or a calm summer day revealing a turquoise sea. Appreciating beauty is a transcendent strength; we can feel a sense of awe, wonder and it is … [Read more...]
Effects of Meditation
There are a multitude of benefits from practicing meditation. There are also many ways we can meditate. Meditation helps us to have awareness and compassion, which lead to positive emotion. This can eventually create long lasting changes for us, resulting in physiological changes that help us. … [Read more...]