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How often do you laugh?

5/18/2016

 
Title:  Why We Laugh
Featured:  Sophie Scott
Publication Date: 2015
TED Description:  "Did you know that you're 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with somebody else than if you're alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this and other surprising facts about laughter in this fast-paced, action-packed and, yes, hilarious dash through the science of cracking up."​​

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Stress Meets Personal Control

5/14/2016

 
Title: Stress: Portrait of a Killer
Featured: John Heminway
Publication Date: 2008
Selection Reason:  This documentary examines how our sense of personal control and our feelings of choice impact our stress levels. When bad things come, when we have to deal with difficulty, or sometimes just difficult people how does the power dynamic impact the effects? More importantly, what can we do about it?

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Make Your Bucket List

5/11/2016

 
Title:  University of the Arts Commencement Speech
Featured:  Neil Gaiman
Publication Date: 2012
Synopsis:  Neil Gaiman talks about launching into the world without a career plan. He, instead, just had an extensive list of the things he wanted to do in this life. Goal setting and career goals aren't always what we think they should be. Often times, it's a matter of aiming toward what we want, doing the work, trusting life, and learning to pay attention to the signs that help us along. 

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Love in the Age of Instant Gratification

4/30/2016

 
Title: How to Love Intelligently in the Age of Instant Gratification
Featured: Dr. Sue Johnson
Publication Date: 2014
Selection Reason: Dr. Sue Johnson talks about the communication skills it takes for love to grow.  Have all the changes in how we interact impacted how we love?

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Fear as a Virus

4/16/2016

 
Title: A Virus Called Fear
Featured: Ben Fama, Jr.
Publication Date: 2012
Website Description: "Very few people understand the programming of fear, and why it distorts our perceptions. While fear is a program used for our survival, fear also creates irrational beliefs that cause larger systems of fear like politics, religion and the media. "A Virus Called Fear" is a short film about the conditioning of fear, and what irrational fears can lead to."

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Shut Up and Listen

4/9/2016

 
Title: Want To Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen!
Featured: Ernesto Sirolli
Publication Date: 2012
Selection Reason: Sirolli speaks out against the, "We know best!" attitude that can be so prevalent in helping professions.  He speaks so clearly about what it really means to listen, listen, listen to what people really need -- not what we think they need -- when stepping into the gap.

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Stop Postponing Your Happiness

4/6/2016

 
Title:  The Happy Secret to Better Work
Featured:  Shawn Anchor, Psychologist
Publication Date: 2011
TED Synopsis: "We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive."

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Seeing the World Through New Eyes

3/30/2016

 
Title:  The Art of Living Every Minute of Your Life
Featured:  Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen
Publication Date: 2008
Summary: Dr. Remen talks about her work and tells the stories of what it means to really live your life. She also shares the daily review technique that she teaches to help her students see life as new again. There is much warmth, humor, compassion, and inspiration to be found here. 

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An Experiment in Gratitude: Make Your Phone Call

3/26/2016

 
Title: An Experiment in Gratitude, The Science of Happiness
Publication Date: 2013
Selection Reason: What if you told the people who've positively impacted you the most, what their influence has meant to you?  Below is the fun experiment that shows what simply practicing gratitude can mean to your happiness. 

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Broken Cup Syndrome

3/22/2016

 
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Taken from a David Wilcox song, Broken Cup Syndrome has to do with where you find your own sense of security and self-love. You have a cup inside you that is constantly being filled up through your own as well as others’ validation.  This affects your self-esteem and self-worth.  The trouble is that the cup has a leak.  There is no one-time fill-up.

​You require a steady flow to keep the emotional water filling the cup.  That validation comes from both yourself and from other people. Or, to quote my more religious students, every day you have to go to the well. 


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