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John Sean Doyle

About

John Sean Doyle is a poet and lawyer, and taught positive psychology at North Carolina State University for close to a decade. Whether writing about work, parenting, home or hardship, Sean’s essays are invitations to inject a little more hope, affection and meaning into the world. They are about recovering a reverence for being, and creating a culture of kindness. Find out more about his books Mud and Dreams and Being Human here. In addition, Sean's wildly popular Happiness Field Manual, summarizes the research in Human Flourishing and offers roll-up your sleeves advice of what you can do right now to enhance the texture and quality of your life. It is available for free on Sean's website. For more about Sean, please visit: http://www.johnseandoyle.com/aboutme/

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Recent Posts
Work as a Calling (Part 1)

By learning to inject the best aspects of yourself into your work, the difficult-tedious moments will start to dissolve, and what you do everyday will feel more like a calling.

By learning to inject the best aspects of yourself into your work, the difficult-tedious moments will start to dissolve, and what you do everyday will feel more like a calling.

Sharks and Stoics

We have heard it so often it has become cliché. Our thoughts about things, really are different than the things themselves.

We have heard it so often it has become cliché. Our thoughts about things, really are different than the things themselves.

Rediscovering a Zest for Life

When we seek the strange or exotic that is just outside our door, we can rediscover who we really are and begin to live our lives more passionately.

When we seek the strange or exotic that is just outside our door, we can rediscover who we really are and begin to live our lives more passionately.

Stress at Work

In our modern lives, we no longer need to worry about predators yet we are stressed all the time. There are things you can do.

In our modern lives, we no longer need to worry about predators yet we are stressed all the time. There are things you can do.

The Gratitude Diet™

Rather than denying yourself the fried oysters or cheesecake, enjoy them even more. Make the experience holy and intimate.

Rather than denying yourself the fried oysters or cheesecake, enjoy them even more. Make the experience holy and intimate.

Healing a Nation

The recent election highlighted that we are a nation divided. Staying open to understanding does not require that we agree. But it does reassert a sense of humanity in the other.

The recent election highlighted that we are a nation divided. Staying open to understanding does not require that we agree. But it does reassert a sense of humanity in the other.

Stoic Truths for a Digital World

At every turn there are advertisers ready to sell us an image that speaks to our vulnerabilities and dreams. The Stoics tell us something about living the life we want to live.

At every turn there are advertisers ready to sell us an image that speaks to our vulnerabilities and dreams. The Stoics tell us something about living the life we want to live.

Bridging the Divide

How are we to live with technology? Every time we refuse the other, we risk losing the ability to look our fellow beings in the eye and say the hard, compassionate truths.

How are we to live with technology? Every time we refuse the other, we risk losing the ability to look our fellow beings in the eye and say the hard, compassionate truths.

Authentic Kindness in Work and in Life

As I watched my child struggle, I was pulling my hair out searching for a way to take this research into happiness and meaning and goodness and find ways to use it in the tough spots in life.

As I watched my child struggle, I was pulling my hair out searching for a way to take this research into happiness and meaning and goodness and find ways to use it in the tough spots in life.