Students are exposed to various quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, including Personal Projects Analysis, ethnography, case method, surveys, physiological studies, Action Science, and more. The course addresses the role of research for micro and macro happiness phenomena, in the context of theory building as well as for testing and improving interventions.
Students are exposed to various quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, including Personal Projects Analysis, ethnography, case method, surveys, physiological studies, Action Science, and more. The course addresses the role of research for micro and macro happiness phenomena, in the context of theory building as well as for testing and improving interventions.
Stories, throughtout history and in every civilization, have moved individuals and nations-inspired real and meaningful change. Each week throughout the course students watch a film and then closely read a poem and a short story-all relating to one of the twelve wholebeing principles. Through the lens of stories, this course explores ways that can help individuals and groups better understand, pursue and attain happiness.
Stories, throughtout history and in every civilization, have moved individuals and nations-inspired real and meaningful change. Each week throughout the course students watch a film and then closely read a poem and a short story-all relating to one of the twelve wholebeing principles. Through the lens of stories, this course explores ways that can help individuals and groups better understand, pursue and attain happiness.
Stories, throughtout history and in every civilization, have moved individuals and nations-inspired real and meaningful change. Each week throughout the course students watch a film and then closely read a poem and a short story-all relating to one of the twelve wholebeing principles. Through the lens of stories, this course explores ways that can help individuals and groups better understand, pursue and attain happiness.
This course introduces students to evidence-based coaching techniques that fall into a number of coaching approaches, including Positive Psychology Coaching, Appreciative Coaching, Acceptance and Commitment Coaching, and more. Throughout the course students will experiment with the different methodologies and ultimately formulate their own coaching approach-one that they can apply to helping themselves and others reach higher levels of wholebeing.
The course continues to explore happiness through the lens of wholeperson wellbeing (wholebeing). The course is both theoretical, providing an overview of the final five of the twelve principles that define wholebeing, as well as practical, providing tools and techniques for helping individuals and groups pursue and attain higher levels of happiness. It looks at the way the SPIRE model applies to education, the workplace, and society as a whole.
The course continues to explore happiness through the lens of wholeperson wellbeing (wholebeing). The course is both theoretical, providing an overview of the final five of the twelve principles that define wholebeing, as well as practical, providing tools and techniques for helping individuals and groups pursue and attain higher levels of happiness. It looks at the way the SPIRE model applies to education, the workplace, and society as a whole.
The course continues to explore happiness through the lens of wholeperson wellbeing (wholebeing). The course is both theoretical, providing an overview of the final five of the twelve principles that define wholebeing, as well as practical, providing tools and techniques for helping individuals and groups pursue and attain higher levels of happiness. It looks at the way the SPIRE model applies to education, the workplace, and society as a whole.
The course explores happiness through the lens of wholeperson wellbeing (wholebeing). Drawing on a number of disciplines - including psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, economics, theology, and literature - this survey course focuses on the five wellbeing dimensions - Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, Relational, and Emotional (SPIRE). The course is both theoretical, providing an overview of the first seven of the twelve principles that define wholebeing, as well as practical, providing tools and techniques for helping individuals and groups pursue and attain higher levels of happiness.