“If you could talk to her, what would you tell your younger self?” Six women thought-leaders shared their wisdom. Their responses are as unique as the women that they are; however, there are virtues and strengths […]
“If gratitude is for the past, hope is for the future, zest, therefore, is for the present.” (Park, Peterson & Seligman, 2004). I love this quote for the fullness of its perspective … and at […]
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. […]
Unlike our mammalian counterparts, humans are unique to suffering because we have language that gives voice to our many challenges. In fact, humans appear to be the only sentient beings on the planet that have […]
Some days we get it right, some days we don’t, but at Mayerson Academy we aim every day to act in ways that brings out the best in our work and our interactions with one […]
When faced with a difficult situation, I typically experience an overwhelming desire to crawl into a cave and hibernate until whatever it is passes. Living as long as I have, however, has taught me that […]
Under the leadership of Jeff Groh, Director of The New School Montessori, an independent Montessori educational center in Cincinnati, the science of character strengths were brought to students and staff through the Thriving Learning Communities […]
In the fall of 2013 our staff was first introduced to the VIA Character Strengths work. Karen Graves joined our staff and trained us. We took the VIA survey and discovered what our strengths […]
In July we asked our readers to support the Strong Cincinnati entry to the Ashoka Changemakers Children’s Wellbeing Challenge. The challenge received 284 entries from innovators across the United States who are committed to helping build a […]
Educators at two Cincinnati Public School District elementary schools describe how they have woven character strengths language into the fabric of their school community through the Thriving Learning Communities program. This comprehensive integration at both […]