by Lisa Scheerer | Apr 17, 2018 | Mayerson Academy News/Updates, Positive Psychology, Social and Emotional Learning, VIA Character Strengths
I don’t have children of my own; however, I am constantly around them. I enjoy observing how children are little people with the same wide range of emotions, temperaments, and behaviors as adults. I’ve also learned how challenging raising kids can be. Raising strong,...
by Lisa Scheerer | Mar 29, 2018 | Change Management, Organizational Development, VIA Character Strengths
You may be familiar with the phrase “herding cats” – a term used to describe attempts to corral unwieldy folks or processes. In a slight twist, author, speaker, advisor and self-described “arms dealer for the creative revolution”, Todd Henry likens the effort of...
by Lisa Scheerer | Jun 22, 2017 | Positive Psychology, VIA Character Strengths
I’ve taken the VIA Survey annually over the past three years, and the character strength of zest has fallen to the bottom each time. In 2014, zest was ranked at #20; in 2015 it fell to #24; and most recently, in 2016, zest remained ranked at the bottom—24 out of 24....
by Lisa Scheerer | Mar 20, 2017 | Mayerson Academy News/Updates, Positive Psychology, Thriving Learning Communities
Today is International Day of Happiness. In American society, happiness is considered a sport—something elusive to be pursued—something to strive for and attain at some future point in time. But is that really happiness? Today might be an ideal time to stop and...
by Lisa Scheerer | Feb 13, 2017 | VIA Character Strengths
I love coming across foreign (to me, as in non-English) words used to describe things that the English language doesn’t have words for. The Japanese have a word for looking worse after a haircut, Age-otori. Hilarious. The Spanish word duende is used to refer to the...
