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Positive Psychology

Choose to Flourish, This Year and Always

John-Manuel Andriote on January 11, 2023

Personal Perspective: Choose to flourish by nurturing the parts of yourself and your life that blossom with regular feeding and watering.

Personal Perspective: Choose to flourish by nurturing the parts of yourself and your life that blossom with regular feeding and watering.

Resilience

Equity Is Key to Ending HIV/AIDS

John-Manuel Andriote on November 30, 2022

Personal Perspective: World AIDS Day puts to the test whether we truly support equity by how we mourn those lost, support survivors, and seek to prevent new infections.

Personal Perspective: World AIDS Day puts to the test whether we truly support equity by how we mourn those lost, support survivors, and seek to prevent new infections.

Resilience

Finding Strength in Your Sacred Place

John-Manuel Andriote on November 16, 2022

A Personal Perspective: A sacred place can help keep you grounded and connected to your deepest self.

A Personal Perspective: A sacred place can help keep you grounded and connected to your deepest self.

Trauma

The Journey From “Why Me?” to “Why Not Me?”

John-Manuel Andriote on October 24, 2022

Personal perspective: Have you ever felt you aren’t telling a fully truthful story about yourself because you worry about what others will think? Embrace your own humanity to free you from that worry.

Personal perspective: Have you ever felt you aren’t telling a fully truthful story about yourself because you worry about what others will think? Embrace your own humanity to free you from that worry.

Aging

What Does It Mean to Leave a Legacy?

John-Manuel Andriote on September 22, 2022

How often do we pause and think about what we want to leave behind after we're gone? What if it has nothing to do with money or material possessions? What will it be?

How often do we pause and think about what we want to leave behind after we're gone? What if it has nothing to do with money or material possessions? What will it be?

Resilience

How Plants and Flowers Support Hope and Resilience

John-Manuel Andriote on August 12, 2022

Personal Perspective: Even without land for a garden, you can cultivate the healthful benefits of having one.

Personal Perspective: Even without land for a garden, you can cultivate the healthful benefits of having one.

Resilience

How Suffering and Loss Lead to Resilience and Wisdom

John-Manuel Andriote on July 4, 2022

Do you expect to find closure after losing a loved one? Closure is a myth. But you can find meaning and new hope, important components of resilience.

Do you expect to find closure after losing a loved one? Closure is a myth. But you can find meaning and new hope, important components of resilience.

Resilience

9 Tips for Embracing the Good Things in Your Life

John-Manuel Andriote on April 28, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Embracing your life isn't only about facing the challenges life brings. It means accepting and fully occupying life's good times, too.

A Personal Perspective: Embracing your life isn't only about facing the challenges life brings. It means accepting and fully occupying life's good times, too.

Resilience

Knowing Your "Why" Will Get You Through Just About Any "How"

John-Manuel Andriote on March 14, 2022

It's hard sometimes to keep going when the going is rough. But when you have a purpose, a reason to move forward, you can get through pretty much anything.

It's hard sometimes to keep going when the going is rough. But when you have a purpose, a reason to move forward, you can get through pretty much anything.

Aging

Standing Out and Standing Strong

John-Manuel Andriote on February 5, 2022

Are you sick of others stigmatizing your age, health condition, or something else that makes you different from their standard of "normal"? Reject their stigma and define yourself.

Are you sick of others stigmatizing your age, health condition, or something else that makes you different from their standard of "normal"? Reject their stigma and define yourself.

Resilience

What It Means to Embrace Your Life and the Path You Chose

John-Manuel Andriote on January 22, 2022

Too often we squander our time wishing we could live another life than the one we have been given. But only we can choose to take the road that will lead us to our true home.

Too often we squander our time wishing we could live another life than the one we have been given. But only we can choose to take the road that will lead us to our true home.

Fear

Don't Just Light a Candle, Be One

John-Manuel Andriote on December 23, 2021

The world seems like a dark place. But we can help brighten it by finding and sharing the light within us.

The world seems like a dark place. But we can help brighten it by finding and sharing the light within us.

Depression

How to Live with Homesickness During the Holidays and Beyond

John-Manuel Andriote on December 14, 2021

Homesickness can dampen our holiday cheer. Fortunately, there are things we can do to reduce the gloom and enjoy the moment even while missing the places and people who mean "home."

Homesickness can dampen our holiday cheer. Fortunately, there are things we can do to reduce the gloom and enjoy the moment even while missing the places and people who mean "home."

Gratitude

Five Ways to Cultivate an "Attitude of Gratitude"

John-Manuel Andriote on November 12, 2021

Sometimes it can feel as if life's challenges are pulling us further out on a sea of troubles. Focusing on what we are grateful for keeps us anchored in reality.

Sometimes it can feel as if life's challenges are pulling us further out on a sea of troubles. Focusing on what we are grateful for keeps us anchored in reality.

Relationships

9 Steps For Living an October Life

John-Manuel Andriote on September 30, 2021

Fall offers powerful lessons for living with authenticity and wisdom. The month of October shouts those lessons from the treetops.

Fall offers powerful lessons for living with authenticity and wisdom. The month of October shouts those lessons from the treetops.

Resilience

5 Steps Toward Finding Happiness

John-Manuel Andriote on September 16, 2021

Stop pursuing happiness and instead focus on knowing yourself. You may be surprised by how much a sense of purpose and meaning will increase your happiness.

Stop pursuing happiness and instead focus on knowing yourself. You may be surprised by how much a sense of purpose and meaning will increase your happiness.

Resilience

5 Steps Toward Creating the Life You Want

John-Manuel Andriote on August 5, 2021

If you're feeling an urge for a better life than you are living now, these steps could help you create it.

If you're feeling an urge for a better life than you are living now, these steps could help you create it.

Resilience

Why New England's Stonewalls Represent "Yankee Grit"

John-Manuel Andriote on July 28, 2021

Trying to imagine what resilience looks like? Consider the iconic stonewalls of New England, monuments to the tested and toughened people who built them.

Trying to imagine what resilience looks like? Consider the iconic stonewalls of New England, monuments to the tested and toughened people who built them.

Resilience

How Music Heals and Inspires Us in Challenging Times

John-Manuel Andriote on July 19, 2021

Making music, even just listening to it, can alter our mood and build social connections among people. It's also a powerful tool to support our resilience.

Making music, even just listening to it, can alter our mood and build social connections among people. It's also a powerful tool to support our resilience.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

HIV-AIDS’ Lessons for Mourning Loved Ones Lost to COVID-19

John-Manuel Andriote on June 28, 2021

Gay men in the HIV-AIDS epidemic were forced to create their own ways to mourn loved ones. What they learned offers powerful lessons for traumatized survivors of COVID-19.

Gay men in the HIV-AIDS epidemic were forced to create their own ways to mourn loved ones. What they learned offers powerful lessons for traumatized survivors of COVID-19.