What's it about? Positively Energizing Leadership (2022) offers organization leaders and workers a practical guide to understanding and harnessing the power of positively energizing characteristics and interpersonal approaches. With empirical data and how-to advice, it aims to boost innovation, profits, and compassion in the workplace and at home. We live in serious times. Society is riddled by fear, mistrust, racial injustice, climate disasters, and the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic – all of which have sowed a climate of violence, outrage, and conflict. As a result of this culture of despair, the power of positive thinking has mushroomed as an industry. There are thousands of books out there promising to guide you to happiness, and each year more and more are published. But the problem with what Kim Cameron calls “happiology” is that it encourages us to put a smile on our faces while inside, our teeth are gritted and our jaws are clenched. The thing is, all lives are comple...

What's it about? Be Your Future Self Now (2022) is a guide to defining your future self – and making sure you get there. It walks readers through the seven threats to your future self, the seven truths about your future self, and the seven steps you can take to be your future self today. Until the 1990s, it was widely accepted in psychology that a person’s actions and behaviors were determined by their past. This deterministic view held that human beings were essentially a series of dominoes – propelled forward by the momentum of what had come before. Then, at the end of the twentieth century, a band of revolutionary researchers burst onto the scene. These self-dubbed “positive psychologists” provided an almost polar opposite explanation for human behavior: that human beings weren’t pushed by their past; they were pulled by their future. Reflect on your day so far. How many actions weren’t driven by an underlying desire for or aversion to a future outcome? Some motivations may...

What's it about? The Atlas of Christmas (2020) explores how Christmas is celebrated around the world, highlighting customs ranging from the cozy and heartwarming to the bizarre and surprising. It presents a country-by-country tour of festive foods, rituals, characters, and legends, showing how different cultures reinterpret the same holiday in unique ways. What pops into your head when you think of Christmas?Maybe a decorated tree, carols in the background, a big roast dinner, and a pile of presents under twinkling lights. Now zoom out a bit and picture people celebrating the same holiday with fire-jumping devils, midnight saunas, fast-food chicken, or a horse skull knocking at the door.Around the world, December is filled with traditions that might look completely strange to you, yet feel as normal and nostalgic as your own to the people who keep them alive.In this lesson, you’ll learn how different countries kick off the festive season in public squares and streets, how they ad...

What's it about? Uninvited (2016) addresses the universal struggle with rejection, and why it hits some harder than others, revealing how childhood experiences shape our adult responses to disappointment. It presents key strategies for building rejection resilience, creating boundaries, and surrounding yourself with safe, supportive people. What if rejection weren’t a negative verdict on who you are, but just information about compatibility and timing? Many people experience rejection as an identity crisis: they learned early on that being left out meant there was something wrong with them. This childhood programming creates adults who avoid risks, people-please, and feel devastated by every exclusion, disappointment, or failure. But this exhausting cycle keeps you small and disconnected from your true potential – and you can rewrite this story. The same sensitivity that causes rejection pain can become your greatest strength when you learn to work with it instead of against it....

What's it about? Uninvited (2016) addresses the universal struggle with rejection, and why it hits some harder than others, revealing how childhood experiences shape our adult responses to disappointment. It presents key strategies for building rejection resilience, creating boundaries, and surrounding yourself with safe, supportive people. What if rejection weren’t a negative verdict on who you are, but just information about compatibility and timing? Many people experience rejection as an identity crisis: they learned early on that being left out meant there was something wrong with them. This childhood programming creates adults who avoid risks, people-please, and feel devastated by every exclusion, disappointment, or failure. But this exhausting cycle keeps you small and disconnected from your true potential – and you can rewrite this story. The same sensitivity that causes rejection pain can become your greatest strength when you learn to work with it instead of against it. ...

What's it about? Hope (2025) tells, in his own words, the story of Pope Francis’s remarkable life. From the streets of Buenos Aires to the palaces of the Vatican, learn about the remarkable events that have shaped the life and spirituality of the head of the Catholic Church. This lesson tells the story of a man you may not have heard of: Jorge Bergoglio. It also tells the story of a man you definitely know: Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, and a figure who has redefined the papacy. As the first Latin American pope his election marked a dramatic shift in Church history. But it's his message of hope, emphasis on social justice, and profound compassion for marginalized groups that have truly redefined what it means to lead the Catholic Church. through his message of hope, his emphasis on social justice and his compassion for marginalized groups. Francis began life as Jorge Bergoglio, the son of Italian immigrants to Buenos Aires. This lesson shares Jorge’s remarkabl...

What's it about? Ritual (2022) explores the profound role rituals play in human life, from everyday celebrations to dramatic rites of passage. Using insights from cutting-edge research, it uncovers how rituals shape behavior, foster connection, provide meaning, and define our common humanity. Picture this: before an important meeting, you straighten your jacket, tap your pen twice on the table, and then take a deep breath. It’s a small, private ritual that seems to settle your nerves. Now imagine carrying a 40-kilogram bamboo structure on your back, walking barefoot under the scorching sun, and piercing your body with sharp objects – all for the sake of honoring a Hindu god’s victory over a demon. These acts might seem worlds apart, yet they reveal something fundamental about human nature: our deep connection to rituals, big or small, and their power to shape who we are. Rituals are everywhere, from everyday habits like clinking glasses for a toast to grand ceremonies that requ...