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Get In, Get Out: The Psychology of Wanting to Leave Early

Jodi Wellman MAPP on April 18, 2025

Not everyone loves to linger. Some of us love to leave. To want things to be over quickly is not necessarily to reject an experience—it may have to do with experience efficiency.

Not everyone loves to linger. Some of us love to leave. To want things to be over quickly is not necessarily to reject an experience—it may have to do with experience efficiency.

Resilience
Life Lessons from the Vineyard

Jodi Wellman MAPP on January 31, 2025

Just as a fine wine owes its character to the stresses it endured, so too do we owe our growth to the challenges we overcome.

Just as a fine wine owes its character to the stresses it endured, so too do we owe our growth to the challenges we overcome.

Motivation
Fresh Starts: The Psychology Behind New Year Motivation

Jodi Wellman MAPP on December 26, 2024

Ever wonder why January is the season of resolutions? We all love a blank slate, don't we? Let's harness the benefits of the fresh start effect to reach our goals.

Ever wonder why January is the season of resolutions? We all love a blank slate, don't we? Let's harness the benefits of the fresh start effect to reach our goals.

Cognition
Can We Engineer Epiphanies?

Jodi Wellman MAPP on September 24, 2024

Can we create our own "ah-ha" lightbulb moments? Research in cognitive psychology and personal growth shows that epiphanies can be cultivated through intentional practices.

Can we create our own "ah-ha" lightbulb moments? Research in cognitive psychology and personal growth shows that epiphanies can be cultivated through intentional practices.

Creativity
How Temporal Scarcity Can Improve Your Life

Jodi Wellman MAPP on August 14, 2024

Can thinking about the scarcity of time enhance our lives? Yes. The right amount of time pressure can boost productivity, sharpen our focus, and stimulate creativity.

Can thinking about the scarcity of time enhance our lives? Yes. The right amount of time pressure can boost productivity, sharpen our focus, and stimulate creativity.

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.

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