Interdisciplinary Psychology:

Karen Jones

Forgiveness Intervention

Positive Psychology

Right now when I think about forgiveness I can’t think of anyone I need to forgive. I know that there have been people in the past who have hurt me, but I’m not sure I want to bring back past hurts right now. Since that’s the first element of REACH, I’m not ready to continue with this part of the process just yet.

Karen Jones

Beautiful Day Intervention

Positive Psychology

Karen Jones

Field Trip

Positive Psychology

            The first week of class, my curiosity sparked at the idea of a surprise field trip! A few weeks later we discovered that we were going to The Experience Music Project. Hooray! A class trip, what a great idea! On the drive up to Seattle, the sun was shining and I was excited to be doing something different. During the quarter it’s hard to get away. My mood was way up!

The Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich, Ph. D, and Andrew Shatte, Ph. D. is a tool to help people become more resilient, and a guidebook full of examples of how to do so using examples from the two author’s research, and first hand experience. The book outlines how to use the seven keys: learning your ABC’s, avoiding thinking traps, detecting iceberg beliefs, challenging beliefs, putting it in perspective, calming and focusing, and real-time resilience to finding your inner strength and overcoming life’s hurdles. (13)

Three Blessings

Day 1

My old friend Josy had two healthy twin girls!

I got enough sleep last night. Ahh

A friend who was staying with us found an apartment and is outta here!