Quite a Character

How to understand your own and others' personality traits.

by Neal H. Mayerson, Ph.D.

August 10, 2010

Purpose-Driven Parenting

News flash! Being a parent isn't always fun. That's where pleasure, engagement and meaning come in - for everybody involved. Read More

July 26, 2010

Strengths: What's in a Name?

When it comes to working with the VIA character strengths in practice, "strengths" means something specific - and "strengths-based" refers to two different approaches. Read More

July 6, 2010

Strengths: Not a Toy Hammer

The VIA Classification brings a language of strengths to reframing - and other tools of psychotherapy. Read More

June 16, 2010

Judging Character: When We Fall Short

There are books about why bad things happen to good people and why good things happen to good people. Now we need a book that talks about when good people do bad things, such as when an honest person lies. Read More

June 1, 2010

Graduation Season: What's Next?

The graduation message sent out to all is that those who excel in school are the most likely to excel in life. That's not true. We all have good chances of developing excellent lives for ourselves. Read More

May 21, 2010

Emotions = Character?

What's the link between our VIA character strengths and our positive emotions? Read More

April 13, 2010

Weeding for Character

This morning I awoke to a brisk sunny day with a blanket of dew on the ground. I took my dogs outside in my backyard and, as their souls awakened with the fresh smells, I began noticing weeds. As I noticed one I found another until all I could see was weeds, weeds, weeds! Read More

April 8, 2010