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Insights and expertise — drawn from the fields of positive psychology, stress management, time-and-energy management and more — to help you enjoy a saner, more satisfying life.
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Omega Institute for Holistic Studies

Founded in 1977, the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies is a nonprofit organization that offers diverse and innovative educational experiences, which inspire an integrated approach to wellness and personal and social change. Omega welcomes more than 20,000 people to its workshops, conferences and retreats on its beautiful 195-acre Rhinebeck, NY campus and at locations around the world.
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Cheri Huber

Cheri Huber has been a student and teacher of Zen for over 30 years. She is the author of 19 books, including Transform Your Life (Keep It Simple, 2007), Making a Change for Good (Shambhala, 2007) and The Depression Book (Keep It Simple, 2004). She is the founder of the Palo Alto Zen Center and the Zen Monastery Peace Center, and the founder and director of Living Compassion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to peace and service.
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Don’t Miss Your Life

by Joe Robinson
Life is short, don’t miss your life! Drawing on positive psychology research and motivation studies, work-life-balance trainer and life coach, Joe Robinson outlines the skills you need to create a joydul and fulfilling life. Robinson provides details and practical methods to help you overcome the common obstacles keeping you from your best life — busyness, stress and guilt — by embracing active pursuits that will lead to happiness and satisfaction.
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Twitter: @WorkLifeSkills  
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the founder and co-director of the non-profit research institute, Quality of Life Research Center (QLRC). The QLRC focuses on the study of “positive psychology.” Positive psychology focuses on human strengths such as optimism, creativity, intrinsic motivation, and responsibility. He has authored many books including Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, but is most recognized as the architect of the notion of “flow,” which is a mental state of operation in which a person in an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.
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Michael Gelb

Michael J. Gelb is the world’s leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovative leadership, and the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day, and the more recent Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America’s Greatest Inventor.
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Carol Dweck, PhD

Carol Dweck, PhD is Stanford University psychologist and leading researcher in the field of motivation, why people succeed and how to foster success. She is author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. In Mindset, Dweck argues that shifting from a “fixed mindset” to a “growth mindset” creates motivation, increases productivity, enhances relationships and builds self-esteem.
Test Your Mindset
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Daniel Goleman, PhD

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized psychologist, lecturer, New York Times science journalist and author of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. Emotional intelligence discounts IQ as the sole measure of individual intelligence. It is a key human skill that measures a range of abilities including self-awareness, emotional self-management, empathy and social skills. View Web site
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Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD

Martin Seligman, PhD is widely considered a founder of “positive psychology.”  He is professor of psychology and director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored numerous books including The Optimistic Child, Child’s Play, Learned Optimism, Authentic Happiness and Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. His research areas are positive psychology, “learned helplessness,” depression, optimism and pessimism. www.authentichappiness.com
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Heidi Grant Halvorson, PhD

Dr. Heidi Grant Halvorsen is a rising star in the field of motivational science. She is author of Succeed: How We Can All Reach Our Goals and her blogs are featured in the Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today and Huffington Post. Grant believes success is really all about strategy – how we set goals, how we pursue them, and how we deal with obstacles we encounter along the way.
www.heidigranthalvorson.com
Twitter: @hghalvorson  
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Rick Hanson, PhD

Rick Hanson, PhD is a neuropsychologist and author of the bestselling Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. His free weekly e-newsletter, Just One Thing, suggests a simple weekly practice designed to help readers find joy, peace of mind and more fulfilling relationships. www.rickhanson.net
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Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson has created a variety of tools to help people lead “an authentically awesome life.” His collection of PhilosophersNotes review the best ideas from the top personal growth books. His “Optimal Living 101″ classes relay the essential teachings of dozens of great teachers condensed into 10 Principeles. His “Blissitations” are guided meditations, visualizations and affirmations. Find out more about all the various tools Brian has to help you “get your shine on” via his Web site.
http://www.brianjohnson.me/
Twitter: @_Brian_Johnson
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Dan Buettner

National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner studies the world’s longest-lived people and distills their secrets into a single plan for health. Buettner calls these “hotspots of human health and vitality,” Blue Zones. He is the author of Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way and The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People That Have Lived the Longest. He is the founder of Quest Network, and has set three world records for endurance cycling.
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Twitter: @dbuettner, @BlueZones
 
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Yes!

The goal of this not-for-profit magazine is to reframe society’s problems in terms of solutions. Their articles provide in-depth analysis, real-people features and tools for citizen engagement. Check out their articles on people power, happiness, and peace and justice, and find the transformative power of YES!
www.yesmagazine.org
Twitter: @yesmagazine
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Better Life Index

Are you ready to help create better policies for better living? This nifty interactive tool from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) promotes policies that improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The “Better Life Index” allows users to develop, visualize and compare 11 well-being indicators with citizens of 34 countries in the hopes of empowering them to become more engaged in policy-making processes.
www.betterlifeindex.org
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Byron Katie

A best-selling author best known for her books Loving What Is and A Thousand Names For Joy, Byron Katie believes her job is to teach people how to stop suffering. Her simple process of inquiry, known as “The Work,” helps individuals dismantle their stressful beliefs about life, other people and themselves, and then set a new course.
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