ARCHIVE - Karen Jones's blog

ARCHIVE - Forgiveness

Karen Jones — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:27:04 -0800

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.

ARCHIVE - Beautiful Day

Karen Jones — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:25:46 -0800

Karen Jones

Beautiful Day Intervention

Positive Psychology

ARCHIVE - The EMP

Karen Jones — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:23:54 -0800

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!

ARCHIVE - The Resilience Factor

Karen Jones — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:21:51 -0800

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)

ARCHIVE - 3 Blessings and Gratitude letter

Karen Jones — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:18:07 -0800

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!

ARCHIVE - Interventions 1 & 2

Karen Jones — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:42:37 -0800

Karen Jones

Interventions 1 and 2

Positive Psychology

Elevator Ride

Lifting my mood was easy, I have had a hectic schedule and was in need of a serious mood lifting activity. I decided to spend time with my fiancé. We live together, but with our schedules we really needed the time to just hang out and get out of the house. We went out to lunch and walked around downtown, walking to the water, having coffee, just focusing on the here and now. It was wonderful. I am big on planning my days out, and just strolling along relaxing was much needed. My mood was lifted, I felt rejuvenated.