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I think I always wanted to be a Mom. Somewhere deep inside of me, I believed I was made to be one. And, by the way, I was pretty sure I was going to be really good at it. I had a pretty clear picture of how I wanted to raise my children. Then I actually had them. Three children in three years. Three very different personalities, each with their own needs, strengths, quirks, and lots of spirit. Let's just say books about raising “spirited” children didn't make their way onto m

I thought my embryonic nomadic journey was about traveling the world. Looking back, I realize I was traveling home. When I left behind the life I had always known on a tour of undetermined length or premeditated destinations. I had decided that the mission was about celebrating cultures through connections, community, and co-creation. Splendidly, there was no shortage of those experiences. Yet somewhere between Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, North Macedonia, Turkey, India, an

When I first began using AI, I was fascinated by how much it could help me. It could organize my thoughts, summarize long documents, generate ideas, create slides, analyze information, and turn messy notes into something clear. As both an entrepreneur and an educator, I immediately felt the power of AI. It helped me work faster, think more clearly, and bring ideas into form. But over time, some deeper questions began to emerge: What if AI is not only here to help us become mo

By Katherina Capra Many years ago, when one of my daughters was still a baby, I experienced a moment that has remained vividly alive in my memory ever since. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon at a club. Families gathered around the pool, children were playing, and life was unfolding in its usual, ordinary way. I was holding my daughter in my arms. She was only a few months old. Suddenly, she reached up with her tiny hand, gently touched my forehead, and gave me a kiss. The mo

By Cristina Hernandez Reflecting on the Past Reflecting on my journey into happiness studies, I noticed a recurring theme tied to big life changes and the feelings of uncertainty, fear, and curiosity that often accompany them. The first change and what initially brought me to Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar’s work was the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spring of 2020, while working for a global supply chain & logistics company, I faced not only uncertainty and fear from the unknowns tied to

Parenting has a way of humbling us. No matter how much we read, plan, or promise ourselves we will “do better,” raising children often brings us face to face with our own limits, fears, and expectations. I used to think good parenting meant getting it right. Over time, I learned something much more freeing: parenting is not about perfection, but about presence, repair, growth, and the willingness to stay open to learning. Like many mothers, I entered parenthood with love, hop

Do we all experience happiness in the same way? Many of us have felt happiness. And yet, the moment we try to define it, things get slippery. Happiness is deeply subjective, shaped by personal history and lived circumstances, and there is no single definition that fits everyone. This becomes even clearer when we look beyond the individual and consider the influence of language, culture, socio-economic context, spirituality, and geography. Whether we are shaped by the country

By Katherina Capra At some point, life asks each of us the same quiet question: How will you respond when things don’t go as planned? Flourishing is often misunderstood. We imagine it as a life free from pain, disruption, or uncertainty. But real flourishing—the kind that endures—does not require the absence of hardship. It requires the capacity to remain connected to meaning, agency, and relationship even when life becomes difficult. This is where emotional resilience lives.

By Jenny Werth Our environments—including school, work, and social support— have a profound impact on our mental health and well-being . “Our environment is a combination of both physical factors such as where you live and the people around you,” says Rachelle Scott, MD, medical director of psychiatry at Eden Health, “both in your home but also on a wider community scale.” Thus, our surroundings have a huge impact on our emotional wellbeing—this is known as the environmental

By Victoria Wilson If you’ve ever looked completely fine on the outside while feeling like your brain is running a marathon while the rest of you feels overwhelmed, restless, or exhausted on the inside… welcome, friend. You’re not alone. That’s the nature of invisible disabilities—they hide in plain sight. More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO). Growing up, I looked like the ha

In a world that celebrates stoicism as strength, I discovered that true strength resides in awareness, acceptance, and the courage to feel. I was in Barcelona when my husband told me he had cancer. My first reaction was confidence: a quiet certainty that everything would be all right. But minutes later, that confidence was joined by sadness, fear, despair, and even joy, because the next day I would finally visit La Sagrada Familia before returning home. It’s fascinating how w

Four years ago, I completed my certificate in Happiness Studies. True to what I had learned, I immediately began applying it in my...

“Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.” — Helen Keller Helen Keller’s notable...

Photo credit: Mohammed Zar (Pexels) Have you ever found yourself wondering why so much of what we learned in school felt theoretical or...

Sheyla Baumworcel, a professor, author, and speaker on psychopedagogy specializing in neurolearning, cognition, psychomotricity. Author of The Brain That Communicates: Dialogues between Neuroscience and Different Types of Knowledge, she has contributed chapters in “Pedagogical Coordinator: Support for Acting in the School Reality” and "Early Childhood Education beyond Neuroscience" in the book, Entretecendo Saberes. Sheyla works with children with learning disabilities and h

Rewriting the Story: How Positive Psychology Turns Hardship into Hope Maria Dolganova’s May blog, “ The stories we live by ,” resonated...

How changing our stories transforms our lives I don’t recall the exact moment the story metaphor took over my life; it unfolded gradually...

The Call to Adventure: When My World Started to Change For nearly two decades, I served as a federal prosecutor enforcing U.S....

By Cheena Kaul Growing up in an Indian household, I had always noticed a white plastic pen holder with text written in red Hindi script: "Kyon vyarth chinta kartey ho, kis se vyarth dartey ho?" Roughly translated, it means, "Why do you worry in vain? What are you afraid of in vain?" It was a curious artifact—an anchor of stillness amidst the bustle of life. At the time, I paid little attention to its message, and no one ever explained it either. The words were often used joki

ByKatherina Capra Lately, I’ve been reflecting more than usual—perhaps because I have more time, because I’m feeling more emotional, or simp