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Motivation
Do You Suffer From Existential "Specialness"?

Jodi Wellman MAPP on May 6, 2024

The avoidance of death profoundly impacts our well-being and the ways we live our lives. Let's be on guard for "personal specialness"—a common way we deny our mortality.

The avoidance of death profoundly impacts our well-being and the ways we live our lives. Let's be on guard for "personal specialness"—a common way we deny our mortality.

Identity
Adopting a New Identity After Reaching a Goal

Jodi Wellman MAPP on April 29, 2024

Reached a big goal recently but not sure how to integrate that accomplishment into your identity? You're not alone. Read on for tips to embrace this new version of yourself.

Reached a big goal recently but not sure how to integrate that accomplishment into your identity? You're not alone. Read on for tips to embrace this new version of yourself.

Mindfulness
10 Profound Benefits of Embracing Your Mortality

Jodi Wellman MAPP on October 31, 2023

In a world that often encourages us to ignore the undeniable fact of our own mortality, the practice of memento mori invites us to embrace this reality with profound benefits.

In a world that often encourages us to ignore the undeniable fact of our own mortality, the practice of memento mori invites us to embrace this reality with profound benefits.

Motivation
How the Contemplation of Death Can Lead to Meaning in Life

Jodi Wellman MAPP on June 20, 2023

Is there an upside to ontological confrontation—thinking about death? Anticipating death can be a powerful agent of change, helping us to grow and make meaning in life.

Is there an upside to ontological confrontation—thinking about death? Anticipating death can be a powerful agent of change, helping us to grow and make meaning in life.

Positive Psychology
Embracing the Dark Side of Life

Jodi Wellman MAPP on March 17, 2023

It's counterintuitive that struggles and losses in life have the potential to lead to more vitality and meaning, and yet the research is clear. Welcome to the dark side.

It's counterintuitive that struggles and losses in life have the potential to lead to more vitality and meaning, and yet the research is clear. Welcome to the dark side.

Fantasies
Regrets: Necessary for a Well-Lived Life

Jodi Wellman MAPP on February 13, 2023

It's never too late to course-correct a regret in the making to live a life you'd be proud to look back on from your eventual deathbed.

It's never too late to course-correct a regret in the making to live a life you'd be proud to look back on from your eventual deathbed.

Anxiety
Living in Vivid Color With “Vital Engagement”

Jodi Wellman MAPP on December 30, 2022

Most of us know about the concept of "engagement," but can we take our participation in life up a notch with "vital engagement"? Absolutely!

Most of us know about the concept of "engagement," but can we take our participation in life up a notch with "vital engagement"? Absolutely!

Fear
The Morbid Cost of Denying Death

Jodi Wellman MAPP on November 22, 2022

Denying the unfortunate fact of life—that it will end—can feel like a relief in the moment, but it takes a toll. Let's avoid that.

Denying the unfortunate fact of life—that it will end—can feel like a relief in the moment, but it takes a toll. Let's avoid that.