by Kristen | Jan 13, 2014 | Character strengths
“It’s true, I really can see a pattern in the strengths I use!” My daughter Sarah, 15, had been keeping the What Went Well journal for three days and I’d asked her what she thought of it. “Hurray!” was my reply, for two reasons: the...
by Kristen | Jan 3, 2014 | Character strengths
Knowing your inner strengths allows you to rally them when you face a challenge, large or small. I’ve seen it happen time and again: for instance, knowing hers helped my friend Laurie navigate a tough year full of medical tests and treatment, and my son used two of...
by Kristen | Nov 27, 2013 | Character strengths
If Thanksgiving or other upcoming gatherings of family and friends fill you with even the smallest bit of dread, I offer this little tool to help ease it. What are you dreading? Or should I ask, “who?” There are so many different types of difficult relationships, and...
by Kristen | Oct 14, 2013 | Character strengths
On Monday last week, I launched the first full-school Flourishing School program in South Africa at Masibambane College in Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg. This amazing school is home to more than 1000 students and is about to graduate its first matriculants, who...
by Kristen | Aug 1, 2013 | Character strengths
Maybe some of the best things in life are free after all! You already own your strengths, for instance, and here are three resources you can use to discover them, all available at no cost. 1. The Explore Your Strengths workbook This is first on the list not because I...
by Kristen | Aug 1, 2013 | Character strengths
Overusing my top strengths is a mistake I make less often now, but it’s still a tendency I have to be mindful of. Our top strengths come so naturally to us that sometimes we use them more often, or with more intensity, than the situation requires. Have you ever...
