We’re always looking for new ways to help people boost their confidence and achieve their goals. And we think we’ve found one. It’s known as the high 5 habit, an idea created by life coach, motivational speaker and best-selling author […]
Category Archives: Positivity
World Smile Day highlights the benefits of smiling
World Smile Day, celebrated on Oct. 6 this year, reminds us of the benefits in health and happiness we can achieve through smiling. The day was launched in 1999 by Harvey Ball, who created the smiley face icon in 1963 […]
How to gain control if you’re feeling overwhelmed
Do you occasionally or often feel overwhelmed by your job search or by life in general? Do you find that there aren’t enough hours in the day to handle everything you have to do? Are you inundated with emails and […]
Developing resilience can help ex-offenders deal with the challenges they face upon leaving prison
Those in reentry need to develop a strong sense of resilience to help them deal with the challenges they will face in the weeks and months ahead. Sometimes referred to as the yo-yo effect, resilience is the ability to bounce […]
Using Three Good Things technique can increase happiness, decrease depression and improve job search
If everything you have to do in life is overwhelming you and making you depressed, there’s a simple technique that you can employ. This technique has the power to increase your happiness and decrease depression. It can also offer a […]
World Kindness Day reminds us how to behave benevolently
November 13 is World Kindness Day, and it gives us an opportunity to reflect on how performing acts of kindness can not only improve the lives of others but your own as well. Performing acts of kindness can help reduce […]
InnerCity Weightlifting offers at-risk young people new life
Jon Feinman is determined to keep young Boston area at-risk young people alive and out of prison. And he’s doing it by teaching them weightlifting. Through discipline, training and the relationship between student and coach, weightlifting strengthens the bodies and […]
Three simple tips job seekers can use to cultivate ways to be happy
Learning how to be happy can not only improve your general state of well being, but it can result in a better attitude for conducting a job search. Many people believe that happiness is a mental state that results when […]
Resilience training can help improve well being, job search
Through recent research on the brain and how it functions, scientists have discovered many things that were unknown even a decade ago, information that can help heal those, like many ex-offenders, who have gone through traumatic experiences. Although many people […]
Use improv theater tactics to boost confidence and job search skills
You might think that acting is only for movie stars or people performing on stage. But think again. Learning a few acting skills, at least of the improvisational style, can help increase your confidence and improve the way you communicate […]