There are two kinds of pain. The first is the pain we inflict upon ourselves through our mistakes and choices. The second is the pain that another inflicts upon us through their choices. I’ll call it exogenous (from outside) pain which often breeds anger, resentment, and hurt, and endogenous (from within) pain which often breeds […]

Traditional psychology has used the “disease model” focusing on the pathology of mental disorders, while positive psychology is defined as the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The positive psychology movement has been led by the research efforts of Dr. Martin Seligman who directs the Positive Psychology Center at […]

I met Susan Stachler recently in Atlanta. She was in the book section at Costco, signing her new release of The Cookie Cure that she wrote with her mother Laura Stachler. Susan exuded positive energy. She explained that she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s at the age of twenty-two, which took her on a harrowing journey just at […]