KF #26. Being Resilient

Michelle Gielan returns with even more ways to spread positive energy for positive results.

You’ll Learn:

1. The ABCs to formulating solutions
2. How to weaken the power of negative thoughts
3. Keeping up to date with current events while remaining positive

About Michelle
Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness.
Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success. She is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course.
Michelle holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, FORBES, CNN, FOX, and Harvard Business Review.

Read More

Executive coach MJ Ryan shows how to use mantras to retrain the brain to establish better habits and responses.

You’ll Learn:

1. How to identify unconscious behaviors and what to do to overcome them
2. The worst mental habit in the workplace to break right away
3. An approach to developing your own game-changing personal mantras

About MJ
MJ is an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world. She combines a practical approach with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psychology and asset-focused learnings to help clients and readers more easily meet their goals.
She is a partner with the Levo League career network and the lead venture coach at SheEO, an organization offering a new funding and support model for female entrepreneurs. She’s the founder of Conari Press, creator of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series, and author of many books including her latest Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals. 

Read More

Positive psychology researcher (and former CBS News anchor) Michelle Gielan discusses connections between happiness and career success–and how to get more of both.

You’ll Learn:
1. How happiness truly translates into career performance
2. How to use “small shifts” to talk about solutions instead of problems
3. The “4 C’s” of delivering bad news better

About Michelle
Michelle Gielan is national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, who is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and is partnered with Arianna Huffington to study how transformative stories fuel success. She is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Michelle holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, FORBES, CNN, FOX, and Harvard Business Review.

Read More

ABC News anchor Dan Harris shares how meditation has helped him and other high-achievers accomplish even more.

You’ll learn:
1. Dan’s wild story of how he came to discover meditation and its benefits–including a panic attack on national television
2. The crucial question to rein in sub-optimal ruminations
3. The meditation dose required to see substantial benefits

About Dan
Dan Harris is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller 10% Happier, the co-creator of the ‘10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics’ app, and the host of the podcast 10% Happier with Dan Harris. He is also co-anchor for ABC News’ Nightline and the weekend edition of Good Morning America. He has been at ABC News for 15 years, receiving Murrow and Emmy awards for his reporting. Before joining ABC, he was on the local news in Boston and Maine. He grew up outside of Boston and currently lives with his wife, Bianca, and son, Alexander, in New York City.

Read More