


How Focusing on Belonging and Meaning Help You Thrive
How Focusing on Belonging and Meaning Help You Thrive We all have a need to feel understood, to give and receive affection, and find our people. In other words, we need to feel we belong. In her book The Power of Meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith says that two conditions...
How Nature and Flourishing Go Hand in Hand (Even If You’re Not “Outdoorsy”)
How Nature and Flourishing Go Hand in Hand (Even If You’re Not “Outdoorsy”) Time spent in nature is essential to me. The ocean, redwood trees, kettle ponds, and wildflowers … these things fill me with joy and awe and gratitude. When I’m overwhelmed or out of sorts, I...
Flourishing, Not Languishing —3 Steps You Can Take Today
Flourishing, Not Languishing —3 Steps You Can Take Today If languishing wasn’t part of your vocabulary before, you might have encountered it during the pandemic. Adam Grant wrote about the blah feeling many of us were experiencing, but languishing (or its opposite...