Despite the overhang of a global pandemic, we can choose to make the new year a starting point for personal growth by embracing our challenges and taking control of how we see the world. Here are some ideas to help.

Joy, unlike happiness, delight, awe, and other positive emotions, requires us to define a set of morals and values that orients us toward respect and responsibility to others. Here’s how joy motivates and directs our behavior…

Joy is a natural emotion, but it does not always happen naturally. Because of the challenges in our lives, we sometimes need to work at finding ways to cultivate joy. Here are a few ideas on how to do that…

Even before the pandemic, American workers struggled to reach their full potential. In a 2017 study of 14,500 workers, 85% said they were not working to 100% of their potential (Hill & Turiano, 2014). When we define our work, having a sense of purpose means that we feel our work is more than just a paycheck or creating value for an organization. It means that we are connected to something bigger than ourselves. Here’s a place to begin…