87. Gratitude Revealed with Louie Schwartzberg - Flourishing Friday
Release Date: 09/09/2022
98. THE POWER OF AFFIRMATIONS
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Flourishing Friday (FF) Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use in all areas of your life. In this episode Emiliya addresses a question submitted by one of our Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) students about how affirmations work. Affirmations are positive statements that individuals repeat to themselves to rewire their...
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97. DRIVE WITH AN OPEN HEART - Coach's Corner
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Coach’s Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coach’s Corner, where you get to witness positive psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. In this session Emiliya coaches Blake, a rock climber and athlete who wants to explore a call to be motivated and driven as she emerges from a period of ease and softness in her life. Together Emiliya and Blake use metaphor and imagery to navigate...
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96. PATIENCE DURING LIMINAL TIMES - Coach's Corner
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Coach’s Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coach’s Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. In this episode Emiliya coaches Sara, a non-profit CEO who is about to embark on her own journey into a private practice of coaching and consulting. As Sara enters the liminal space between an ending and a new beginning, she wants to offer herself space...
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95. THE MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Flourishing Friday (FF) Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put it into use in all areas of your life. What if there was one question you could ask every week, month or year that could make a remarkable impact on your wellbeing? In this episode, Emiliya explores the question: If I were watching the movie of my life right now, would I be applauding who and how I am? This...
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94. RESILIENCE AS A PARENT - Real-time Resilience
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Welcome to Real-time Resilience (RR), where we share the journeys of real people being resilient in real time. Tune in to discover and learn skills to help you recover better from any challenge. Listen to bounce back stories that are sure to inspire and encourage you through any struggle. In this episode, Emiliya speaks with Laurie, a mother and positive psychology change agent who shares how she used real-time resilience to get her through a parent’s worst nightmare, supporting her family during the aftermath of her son’s mountain biking accident. Laurie found that staying in the present...
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93. THE ATHLETICS OF LIFE: RECOVERING FROM COGNITIVE STRAIN - Flourishing Friday
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use in all areas of your life. In today’s Flourishing Friday episode, listen in as Emiliya talks about the athletics of life. Every athlete knows that the best way to build their fitness is to train their recovery. But recovering from cognitive strain is a lot harder than recovering from physical...
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92. Building Trust in Reconciliation
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Coaches Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coaches Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. Listen in on this session with Emiliya as she uses the positive psychology coaching model to help her client Zoe build a sense of security and trust in herself as she navigates potentially reconciling an important relationship. Together, Emiliya and...
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91. FIVE TYPES OF HIGHER ORDER GRATITUDE & HOW TO USE THEM - Flourishing Friday
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Welcome to Flourishing Fridays. This past Wednesday we celebrated World Gratitude Day with the first ever TFC Gratitude Marathon, which included 12 hours of online gratitude experiences and courses. If you’d like to learn more about the 24 different experiences or to purchase the recordings, go to (that’s WGD for World Gratitude Day). In this episode, join Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, CEO and Founder of The Flourishing Center, in a review of the concept of higher order gratitude. In traditional positive psychology research, gratitude has been defined as the emotional experience of...
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90. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON FAITH: Salina Iavarone - Practitioner Profile
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
In this Positive Psychology Practitioner Profile Emiliya speaks with Salina Iavarone, a life coach, speaker and co-host of the Live Your Freakin Life Podcast. After leaving her career at her church of 20+ years, Salina discovered positive psychology, and with it, the ability to listen to her body and trust in herself. She now uses her practitioner training to work with people who are undergoing the tumultuous process of leaving or gaining a new perspective on their religious faith. Find the full show notes at This episode is sponsored by the Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP)...
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89. WHY THE VAGUS NERVE IS TRENDING ON TIKTOK + 9 WAYS TO WORK YOURS - Flourishing Friday
The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice
Ever heard of the vagus nerve, a bundle of thousands of fibers that connects your brain to your heart and influences nearly every internal organ in your body? In this Flourishing Friday episode, Emiliya explains the vagus nerve. #vagusnerve is trending on TikTok with over 24 million views, and it’s no surprise, given the increased stress and uncertainty of the last two years. Here Emiliya shares why people’s fascination with the vagus nerve is spreading, what you should know about yours, and nine ways you can use it to feel greater mastery over your body. This episode is...
info_outlineIn this Flourishing Friday episode, Emiliya sits down to talk with Louie Schwartzberg, an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who tells inspiring stories that celebrate life. Join in this joyful conversation about Louie’s career, the link between his work and positive psychology, his latest film Gratitude Revealed and more…
This episode is sponsored by the Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) Program. Celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary, with over 1700 practitioners in 55 countries, CAPP is the world’s premier practitioner training in positive psychology. Discover more about CAPP at https://theflourishingcenter.com/capp