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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!

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56. RE-IMAGINE AND RE-INVENT: Practitioner Profile Jul 31, 2019

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EPISODE 56: RE-IMAGINE AND RE-INVENT

Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler where we highlight ordinary people that are doing extra ordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the CertifIcate in Positive Psychology Program. 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, The Flourishing Center highlights Shelley Tupper a certified Professional Coach and Practitioner in Positive Psychology. She is a trained MasterMind and Resilience Training Facilitator. Her leadership coaching experience began from her first course in public speaking and professional development with Dale Carnegie and became 15+ years of supporting executives.

Think about a time you needed advice, a sounding board, a bit of guidance. Seeking perspective, you consulted your inner circle - your partner, family member, friend, colleague, or boss. We have all needed this person at one time or another – a personal champion, advisor, or advocate. Shelley, For years, listened to executives and individuals yearning for support. Sometimes they can get it from their inner circle, but often they want an 'outside' ear, an objective sounding board. The more she listened, the more she began reimagining her own role as a coach and she thought about how she could better support those coming to her for guidance. Shelley's aim is to give individuals the tools to help them to become the best version of themselves. Some questions she addresses are; What ignites and inspires you? How do you see your future self?

It is never too late to reimagine and redesign your future. If you've come to a crossroads, a middle road, or can't see the road, Positive Psychology, coaching and resilience training can help guide you to your better future self. Listen in on how Shelley Tupper integrates positive psychology into her career. She offers workshops, coaching, masterminds, resilience training, and podcast called Shellcast.

Stop your mind and look at what is possible!!

You can reach Shelley at: https://www.shelleytuppercoaching.com

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55. STEP UP TO SUPPORT OTHER WOMEN: Flourishing Friday Jul 26, 2019

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EPISODE 55: STEP UP TO SUPPORT OTHER WOMEN

Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use in all areas of your life.

Thriving Women Thriving World. Discover how goals and grit expert, speaker, educator and author, Caroline Adams Miller, gets more grit, achieve goals and find happiness. Caroline is an appreciative Inquiry innovator and she helps us to explore how positive psychology and strength based approaches can bring out the best in women and create organizations and communities of thriving women capable of leading and evolving global well-being.

Thriving women, thriving world… we can all play a role. We must get more resilient, get grittier and step up to support women to thrive!

Discover the Secret formula through an appreciative inquiry approach to help a thriving women and thriving world. Imagine if… You are in a time travelling elevator that takes you to the future. It is positive, safe, and proactive. As you walk the streets of this world… what's happening? What is different? How are people acting?

What lights you up? Let's make that happen! Step up to support other women.

As a form of real time resilience, Caroline encourages a simple invitation to connect with other women and support one another, amplify others successes, and shine light on other women. Become a role model of supporting other women. She believes the simple assumption: when women thrive, so too does the world. What does a thriving world mean to you? How can you help women embrace their strengths and how can you play a role in supporting other women?

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54. CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU: Real-time Resilience Jul 24, 2019

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EPISODE 54: FROM VICTIM TO VICTOR

Real-time Resilience (RR)- Welcome to Real-time Resilience (RR), where we look at real people being resilient in real time. Be ready to discover and learn skills to help you bounce back better. Listen in to bounce back stories that are sure to inspire and encourage you through any struggle.

Life isn't perfect, so it is exciting to witness real people, with real stories, practicing real-time resilience. Listen in to Bounce Back stories that are sure to inspire and encourage you through any struggle.

"Transformative power of positive psychology is very freeing."

Discover how Kate Ingrim from Riverside New Jersey. Kate a positive psychology infuser. She changed her life from a victim mentality to victor. She uses positive psychology continually throughout her journey of growth. She decided to take ownership and responsibility for her own needs and wants, while practicing self compassion. She was able to look at herself and stop blaming outside sources, and view herself in the light of self compassion. Practicing gratitude and focusing on empowerment and building up herself daily allowed for growth.

"Be kind to yourself, and practice self-compassion."

Kate was able to shift her life away from anxiety and depression. Meditation, physical movement doing pilates, yoga and walking, all contributed to her feeling of empowerment. Mindfulness as a practice has helped her develop gratitude, savouring, and forgiveness. Community also played a role in healing and connecting along the way. Typically isolation and disconnect is where Kate would go when depressed. She now reaches out and draws on her community to feel accepted and a part of her support system.

You can't control what happens to you in life, but we can control whether you receive it as a victim or a victor. Positive Psychology for overcoming symptoms of depression. Multi-faceted approach to battling with depression allowed Kate to go from Victim to Victor.

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53. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR CRYING: Flourishing Friday Jul 19, 2019

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EPISODE 53: NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR CRYING

Flourishing Friday (FF)- Welcome to Flourishing Fridays, where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology based life hack that will help you to flourish… We look at real life application of positive psychology, while giving you different strategies, tips and steps to put Positive Psychology into all areas of your life.

Do we apologize for laughing? Do we apologize for feeling excited? Where, oh where, did we learn to apologize for crying? Many of us grew up with the very clear message that crying wasn't welcome or even tolerable. We have become programmed to view pain through the lens of shame that likely was absorbed when you were a child. So the message of shame is passed down through the generations

We all cried when we were babies. But as we become adults, many of us often try to hold back our tears. Tears serve a function. We feel a sense of sadness, grief and loss and crying is like a release valve. Crying releases cortisol (stress hormones). Emotional tears allow stress to move out of the body. E-motion is energy in motion. Emotions are meant to move. Having a good cry can sometimes be just what we need. Science has shown that emotional tears have found to have higher levels of stress hormones. Emotional teats also contain more mood-regulating manganese.

Never, apologize for your tears. Your pain is your strength. Let those waters flow! It is how we heal, and it is how we stay balanced and is good for our well-being. Crying is not only a human response to sorrow and frustration, it is healthy. It is a natural way to reduce your stress and allows for a release of the negative physical effects on the body.

Hold space for tears in others and yourself. THIS TOO SHALL PASS!

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52. INTEGRATING GRIT & GRACE: Practitioner Profile Jul 17, 2019

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EPISODE 52: INTEGRATING GRIT & GRACE

In this episode, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya CEO & Founder, The Flourishing Center highlights Abigail A. Sites, THE FIRST POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY BASED DANCE STUDIO!

Discover how business owner Abigail A. Sites, integrates Positive Psychology into her dance studio.

Abigail gets the pleasure of waking up every morning knowing her 6 year old self would be incredibly proud of what she does for a living. As the founder, owner, and director of Abundance Academy of Dance, she works night and day to create a positive experience for the entire AAD family.

Using Positive Psychology, Abigail integrates positive interventions into her programming, things like gratitude practice, growth mindset, inclusivity, kindness, daily dozen, power of yet, and strengths integration to inspire participants to flourish! Abigail integrates a positive learning environment that builds character and challenges each participant. She believes that self-confidence and self-respect can be built by dedicating one's self to learning the art of dance.

She is setting the bar for what is possible in integrating art with movement and human flourishing. Each class she focusses on a different character strength. She teaches grit, resilience, self regulation, creativity, curiosity, love of learning, honesty, Zest, gratitude, team work, and hope.

http://abundanceacademyofdance.com

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51. AWARENESS, ACCESS, AND ABILITY: Flourishing Friday Jul 12, 2019

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EPISODE 51: AWARENESS, ACCESS, AND ABILITY

Life crisis upward difficult journey turns into miracle of a story.

Awareness, Access and Ability! A Story of inspiration during times of challenge. Gaining the tools, awareness and resources to flourish.

3 Keys to Flourishing:

Awareness- Involves being able to learn about things that support your mind, body and spirit. Knowledge of self-care and what you might need to support yourself.

Access- Ability to receive and access to types of support people. People like professionals, life coaches, yoga teachers.

Ability- Having the means to support flourishing. Resources to support your flourishing. Having the financial means to support yourself. Being able bodied to do something.

We have the capabilities to build our 3 keys towards flourishing. Juggle the three A's and let it help you to flourish. Exercise gratitude and saviour the things in life where you do have Awareness, Access and Ability. It will help you to recognize what you already have going towards your ability to flourish. Gain your awareness, by learning and gaining knowledge. Gain access to professionals and support. Gain your ability to do things by building your able body and celebrate what you have ability to do.

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50. FROM BURNOUT TO EMPOWERED: Coaches Corner Jul 10, 2019

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EPISODE 50: FROM BURNOUT TO EMPOWERED

Coaches Corner (CC)- Welcome to the Coaches Corner where you get to witness Positive Psychology based coaching in action with master level certified coaching. Listen to 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.

ARE YOU AREADY TO GET FROM WHERE YOU ARE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE?

Listen in to the POWERFUL AND POSITIVE CHANGE

Life coaching has grown to be a hugely successful form of talking therapy, to the extent that it has helped turn people's lives around. A life coach is someone that looks to empower others by helping them make, meet and exceed goals in both their personal and professional lives. One of the main reasons clients invest in a life coach is to help them meet their goals. Whether personal or professional, many people don't achieve their goals because they are missing someone who will hold them accountable. A certified Life Coach is trained in this powerful process.

Listen in and witness a really life session as Emiliya coaches a client. You might relate with the client and gain some idea's, inspiration and insight. Since the coaching process helps clients tap into their full potential and define/achieve their goals for who they want to be and what they want to do.

You can dIscover through listening in on a Positive Psychology Coaching session and see how it is a scientifically-rooted approach to helping clients increase well-being, enhance and apply strengths, improve performance, and achieve valued goals.

From Burn Out to Empowered!

In this session, listen how Emiliya takes her client through the process from the feeling of overwhelm and stress. She is seeking a plan to create more structure and balance in her life to have greater boundaries. It is a wonderful discovery of taking her time through the process of making a plan for work. She also decided that part of the structure she will can create a schedule that involves balance for work and life.

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49. UPWARD SPIRALS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS: Practitioner Profile Jul 09, 2019

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EPISODE 49: UPWARD SPIRALS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

In this episode, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya CEO & Founder, The Flourishing Center highlights Andy Proctor Happiness Activist.

Andy Proctor is a happiness activist and the host of the More Happy Life Podcast. He's a published author and a social media professional. His writings on mindfulness, happiness and life purpose have been featured in both academic and religious publications. He has built and managed social media pages that have reached hundreds of millions of eyes. He is on a mission to help you have a more happy life. How you ask? Well, he wants to inspire you to take action for your own happiness and then be inspired to become a happiness activist as well! He believes that together we can make the world a more happy place to live.

"We must drink what we pour!"

Listen how Andy teaches people how to make their life measurably happier with science-backed strategies. He is one of the top Positive Psychology broadcaster and have taught thousands of live students about the science of happiness. Listen in to find out about his power positive routines! Dance on your trampoline! Writing prompts

Today would be great if… I am looking forward to …. today. I commit to doing …today… What positive mark will I leave today? One thing you will do today that will make you feel happy.

You can reach Andy Proctor at http://www.andrewscotproctor.com

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48. MEDIATION IS LIKE MENTAL FLOSSING: Flourishing Friday Jul 05, 2019

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EPISODE 48: MEDITATION IS LKE MENTAL FLOSSING

There are thousands of studies that have shown mindfulness meditation can positively impact mental and physical health. Meditation is a mind-body practice that offers many health benefits that include relief from stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, to name a few.

We all know we would benefit from meditation. How can we make it a habit?

How to do it daily?
Commit to just a few minutes to start at day. Start simply.
Pick a time and trigger.
Don't stress if your mind wonders, bring it back.
Meditation is like training a muscle.
Training yourself to focus.
So long as you find new ways to come back to meditation.
Explore the process of habit formation.
Make a plan, what makes it stick.
Set implementation intention.
Create a system.
Every time you practice you will be forming a new habit.
See the benefit of meditation and see it as "mental Flossing."
Accountability partner.
30 day challenge.

KEEP COMING BACK TO IT!!

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47. GOOD CONVERSATION RESULTS IN MIND MELD: Science Says Jul 03, 2019

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EPISODE 47: GOOD CONVERSATION RESULTS IN MIND MELD

Wisdom Wednesday is when we offer some fun positive psychology wisdom into your day!

Science Says (SS)- Welcome to Science Says, where every episode highlights a research study that has come out in the field of positive psychology. LISTEN to discover the science of human flourishing while Emiliya Zhivotovskaya teaches you how to put this new knowledge into action… because science says!

Researchers studying human conversation have discovered the brains of listeners and speakers become synchronized, and this "neural coupling" makes for effective communication. In essence, the participants' brains connect in a kind of "mind meld."

Speaker–listener neural coupling underlies successful communication. Verbal communication is a joint activity; however, speech production and comprehension have primarily been analyzed as independent processes within the boundaries of individual brains. Communication is a shared activity resulting in a transfer of information across brains. Simply put, good conversation results in a 'mind meld'.

Natural communication unfolds through collective participation of speaker and listener: speakers construct grammatical sentences based on thoughts, convert these to motor plans, and execute the plans to produce vocal sounds; listeners analyze the sounds, build phonemes into words and sentences, and ultimately decode sound patterns into meaning. In our study, we observed significant speaker–listener temporal coupling only during successful verbal communication. When communication was blocked (i.e., during listening to a foreign, incomprehensible language), the synchronization was lost. As expected, this synchronization was present in a temporally shifted time course of the speaker's brain activity relative to the moment of vocalization. Hence, listeners' brain activity mirrors the speaker's brain activity with a delay.

Paying attention and listening helps foster successful communication and help us to synchronize with others on a deeper more effective level.

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