Change

Why is it so hard for people to make lasting changes in their lives?

Most life-changing alterations take place in daily life.

Career

Anyone Can Do This--I'm Serious!

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on March 10, 2011

It isn't difficult to begin your own service or social justice project. It begins with one small gesture, reaching out to someone who needs help and allowing the momentum to sustain your effort. It's easier still when you bring together a group of like-minded, compassionate, caring individuals to collaborate together on some goal that speaks to your heart.

It isn't difficult to begin your own service or social justice project. It begins with one small gesture, reaching out to someone who needs help and allowing the momentum to sustain your effort. It's easier still when you bring together a group of like-minded, compassionate, caring individuals to collaborate together on some goal that speaks to your heart.

Empathy

The Girl with the Turquoise Scarf

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on February 3, 2011

A story of how helping someone in desperate need produced such transcendent experience for both people.

A story of how helping someone in desperate need produced such transcendent experience for both people.

Relationships

A Life-Changing Experience

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on January 6, 2011

What is it that leads to a life-changing experience, one that forever transforms you in a profound way? Self-help books, spiritual pursuits, psychotherapy are all useful but it is through helping others we can not only make a difference in the world but also enrich our own lives in a multitude of ways.

What is it that leads to a life-changing experience, one that forever transforms you in a profound way? Self-help books, spiritual pursuits, psychotherapy are all useful but it is through helping others we can not only make a difference in the world but also enrich our own lives in a multitude of ways.

Trauma

Making Changes Last

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on December 8, 2010

Making changes in your life, or making a difference in others' lives, is easier than you think: the really hard part is making the effects last over time. 

Making changes in your life, or making a difference in others' lives, is easier than you think: the really hard part is making the effects last over time. 

Spirituality

Save One Life. . . and Save the World

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on October 14, 2010

There is a saying from the Talmud that by saving one life, you save the whole world. It is through acts of altruism and service that we not only help to make the world (and our communities) a better place, but also redeem ourselves in the process. What does it take to make a difference, even on a small scale?

There is a saying from the Talmud that by saving one life, you save the whole world. It is through acts of altruism and service that we not only help to make the world (and our communities) a better place, but also redeem ourselves in the process. What does it take to make a difference, even on a small scale?

Happiness

Saving Ourselves by Saving Others

Jeffrey A. Kottler Ph.D. on September 22, 2010

What would you do if you encountered an adorable little girl who was about to be sold into sex slavery because her family couldn't afford to keep her in school? This was the situation I faced while doing research in a remote village in Nepal. I had discovered that many girls from the lower caste were disappearing because they were too poor to pay school fees and provide support. 

What would you do if you encountered an adorable little girl who was about to be sold into sex slavery because her family couldn't afford to keep her in school? This was the situation I faced while doing research in a remote village in Nepal. I had discovered that many girls from the lower caste were disappearing because they were too poor to pay school fees and provide support.