The Flourishing Center Podcast- Life Hacks, Science and How People Put Positive Psychology into Practice

Take a glimpse into the world of applied positive psychology with The Flourishing Center. Host Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, takes you through each episode giving you insights, the science, and life hacks that you can apply so you can live an authentically happy and flourishing life. In the Science Says Episodes, Emiliya uncovers new research in positive psychology and how to apply the science to your life. In the Flourishing Fridays Episodes, she showcases a Life Hack which is a proven and practical action you can do today to boost your productivity and wellbeing. In the Practitioner's Profile, Emiliya highlights a guest positive psychology practitioner. Guests include teachers, parents, therapists, entrepreneurs, managers, coaches, doctors, teenagers and others, who have been trained in positive psychology, and are applying the science in unique ways in their unique sectors of the world. The Coaches Corner Episodes allow you to see positive psychology coaching in action. This is where the science of happiness fuels the art of thriving!

98. THE POWER OF AFFIRMATIONS 06/13/2023

97. DRIVE WITH AN OPEN HEART - Coach's Corner 11/02/2022

96. PATIENCE DURING LIMINAL TIMES - Coach's Corner 10/26/2022

95. THE MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE 10/21/2022

94. RESILIENCE AS A PARENT - Real-time Resilience 10/19/2022

93. THE ATHLETICS OF LIFE: RECOVERING FROM COGNITIVE STRAIN - Flourishing Friday 09/30/2022

92. Building Trust in Reconciliation 09/29/2022

91. FIVE TYPES OF HIGHER ORDER GRATITUDE & HOW TO USE THEM - Flourishing Friday 09/23/2022

90. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON FAITH: Salina Iavarone - Practitioner Profile 09/21/2022

89. WHY THE VAGUS NERVE IS TRENDING ON TIKTOK + 9 WAYS TO WORK YOURS - Flourishing Friday 09/16/2022

88. Business With Conviction and Accomplishment- Coaches Corner 09/14/2022

87. Gratitude Revealed with Louie Schwartzberg - Flourishing Friday 09/09/2022

86. WE'RE BACK - PP TOOLS PRE, DURING AND POST PANDEMIC 09/07/2022

85. IMPROV AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY with Nancy Watt- Practitioner Profile 04/07/2021

84. STRENGTH SPOTTING AND ACTS OF KINDNESS: Flourishing Friday 04/02/2021

83. FRIENDSHIP MATTERS: Karen Riddell- Practitioner Profile 02/17/2021

83. FRIENDSHIP MATTERS: Karen Riddell- Practitioner Profile EPISODE 81: FRIENDSHIP MATTERS: Karen Riddell-Practitioner Profile Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler, where we highlight ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the Certificate in Positive Psychology Program. Please find out the exciting ways people are putting the science into practice within their Communities, Organizations and Lives. In this episode, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, CEO & Founder of The Flourishing Center, highlights Karen Riddell, Coach, Speaker and Author. After earning her undergraduate and law degrees from The University of North Carolina, she discovered friendship and its power to positively impact a woman’s life personally and professionally, emotionally and physically. Following her mission to spread this message, Karen became a friendship blogger on Psychology Today’s website and began speaking to women’s groups about friendship. She loves to share both the scientific research on friendship as well as the spiritual gifts of shared connections. Karen’s interest in friendship led her to become certified in both applied positive psychology and life coaching. In her practice, she works with groups and individuals to find the sweet spot where their strengths, purpose and passions align. Karen partners with clients to clearly conceptualize their goals, envision the possibilities, and map out a concrete action plan for thriving. Karen’s practice centers on positivity, engagement, connection, purpose, and vitality. In December 2020, with the world deep in a pandemic, Karen published Friendship Matters, a book extolling the miraculous power of friendship to transform your life. Listen in and discover how Karen is integrating Positive Psychology into her life. You can reach Karen Riddell For Full show notes & more information on what we have to offer: visit The Flourishing Center at Show Link: /episode/index/show/flourishingcenter/id/18034415

82. CRISITUNITY: Flourishing Friday 02/12/2021

82. CRISITUNITY: Flourishing Friday EPISODE 82: CRISITUNITY-TURN CRISIS INTO OPPORTUNITY: Flourishing Friday 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. Shout out to Dan Trommater CAPPster from Canada in our recent Better Than Before COVID 19 programs. We were talking about how to turn obstacles and crisis into gifts or opportunities. He said, in typical animated Dan fashion, You mean, a crisitunity! I thought he was friggin brilliant, then he told me it wasn't his, it was Homer! It turns out in a Simpsons episode, and daughter, Lisa Simpson, says, "dad, did you know that the Chinese have the same word for crisis as they do opportunity?" And homer exclaims, "Crisitunity!" The word they're referring to is both a Chinese and a Japanese word called Kiki. It's made up of two characters. The first symbol represents dangerous, while the second one means opportunity: Aka, a crisitunity. Yes, a crisis may be scary, it may be dangerous, but it also forces the chance for change, and with that chance, a doorway to opportunity. This, of course, with the pandemic, is on the minds of many of the people that I work with and corporations that I support. People are asking how do we pivot? How do we become resilient? Since the pandemic started, I've been running a low-cost online program called Better Than Before COVID-19. We've had over 1,500 people go through the program in the past nine months, all united around a shared vision of learning positive psychology skills to be better after the pandemic than you were going into it. That's why I'm in love with the word crisitunity. A mindset shift that the moments of crisis can be a gift can be an opportunity. It makes me think of the first principle of Anusara yoga, a yoga style that I used to teach. The first principle is "open to grace. Accept the past - check out last week's Flourishing Friday episode on psychic masochism and how to stop beating up on yourself about the past. Ask yourself - how can I learn from this? How can I grow? How can I view this as a contrast? Meaning what I'm experiencing is what I don't want. How can I use this to create something I do want? Asking yourself, what are my options? What can I do? All these things get us out of problem focus into solution focus. Food for thought. What crisis have you turned into an opportunity? /episode/index/show/flourishingcenter/id/17903168