A few weeks ago, I was at the Global Spa and Wellness Summit at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. The theme of the conference was “Innovation through Imagination” and thought leaders from across the spa and wellness industries discussed the future intersection of spas and wellness. It is only natural in industry conferences such as […]
Previously, I wrote about the new trend of “personal biological monitoring,” citing several new and future technologies for allowing people to track a variety of physiological metrics to better understand their health on a moment to moment basis. (As I write this, I’m wearing a Smart Health watch that I got from Dr. Jay Williams […]
Nicholas Ritchey is an inventor, teacher, mathematician, information marketer, web designer, author, powerlifter, wanderer and stoic. He is also a fellow graduate of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at UPenn. If you are wondering (as I was) how he pursues so many diverse passions, you will enjoy his article below which shares his […]
I am disappointed that I won’t be able to attend the International Meaning Conference coming up in Toronto at the end of July. They are putting together an all-star line up of researchers in positive psychology with an emphasis on “healing and flourishing through meaning.” The headliners will include Todd Kashdan, author of the must-read […]
This article is also published on Positive Psychology News Daily. The American Psychological Association recently commissioned some research on stress and willpower in America to understand American perceptions of stress and the motivation to make lifestyle and behavior changes. Almost everyone that they surveyed (93%) had goals to change some aspect of their behavior in […]
