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Stress

Don't Wing It: 3 Steps to Prepare for Tough Conversations

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on November 7, 2023

Follow these 3 steps to improve the effectiveness of your tough conversations.

Follow these 3 steps to improve the effectiveness of your tough conversations.

Stress

Respond to Stressful Events More Effectively

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on October 13, 2023

Personal Perspective: Some strategies used to cope with stressful news and events are helpful, while others magnify our anxiety, anger, and despair.

Personal Perspective: Some strategies used to cope with stressful news and events are helpful, while others magnify our anxiety, anger, and despair.

Career

Bring Clarity and Focus to Your Life and Work

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on September 25, 2023

Do you long to have more clarity and focus in your life and work? Prioritize and streamline by grounding in purpose.

Do you long to have more clarity and focus in your life and work? Prioritize and streamline by grounding in purpose.

Resilience

4 Ways to Fight the Winter Blues

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on February 1, 2023

We can be proactive in fighting the winter blues by harnessing four principles of resilience.

We can be proactive in fighting the winter blues by harnessing four principles of resilience.

Resilience

Why Conflict Tools Are Not Enough

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on September 2, 2022

Why do we have trouble accessing our conflict and communication skills when we need them most? It turns out we need more than tools to be able to act wisely under fire.

Why do we have trouble accessing our conflict and communication skills when we need them most? It turns out we need more than tools to be able to act wisely under fire.

Resilience

3 Powerful Ways to Level Up Your Support Right Now

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on November 29, 2021

Want to increase the quality and quantity of your support during these stressful times? Try these three quick strategies.

Want to increase the quality and quantity of your support during these stressful times? Try these three quick strategies.

Health

10 Ways That a Sense of Purpose Can Change Your Life

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on October 7, 2021

Cultivating a sense of purpose can be a major game-changer.

Cultivating a sense of purpose can be a major game-changer.

Resilience

Change Your Future By Visiting Your Past

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on September 7, 2021

Ever wished you could travel into the past like Marty McFly in "Back to the Future"? This resilience-boosting strategy is like having a DeLorean of your own.

Ever wished you could travel into the past like Marty McFly in "Back to the Future"? This resilience-boosting strategy is like having a DeLorean of your own.

Resilience

4 Ways to Boost Your Resilience

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on August 30, 2021

Are you feeling worn down by negativity and stress? The antidote may be within you.

Are you feeling worn down by negativity and stress? The antidote may be within you.

Resilience

How One Word Is Helping Me Feel Lighter

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on December 9, 2020

Want to feel lighter and more resilient among all the heaviness? Here is a small thing you can try right now.

Want to feel lighter and more resilient among all the heaviness? Here is a small thing you can try right now.

Friends

Saying YES in a Time of NO

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on April 18, 2020

Saying YES to support in a time of NO feels both scary and celebratory, both counter-intuitive and totally instinctual...a tiny act of rebellion against the darkness.

Saying YES to support in a time of NO feels both scary and celebratory, both counter-intuitive and totally instinctual...a tiny act of rebellion against the darkness.

Teamwork

Value-Driven Feedback: Forms for School Teachers

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on March 13, 2019

Yoking our feedback to values is a more effective way to communicate and create change than telling people something is "inappropriate."

Yoking our feedback to values is a more effective way to communicate and create change than telling people something is "inappropriate."

Environment

Beyond "I Like Your Shoes": Aligning Comments with Values

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on March 7, 2019

Unless we are prepared and purposeful about our feedback, our messages often contradict our actual values.

Unless we are prepared and purposeful about our feedback, our messages often contradict our actual values.

Productivity

6 Keys to Coping with Change More Restoratively

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on December 11, 2018

If change is the only constant, how do we approach it with grace and resiliency?

If change is the only constant, how do we approach it with grace and resiliency?

Relationships

Restorative Is Not Gentle

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on May 9, 2018

A restorative approach aims to enhance to dignity, and isn't always gentle.

A restorative approach aims to enhance to dignity, and isn't always gentle.

Relationships

Talking About Cell Phone Use With Students: A True Story

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on April 22, 2018

Need a new way to approach tough conversations with your students? See what is working for other teachers.

Need a new way to approach tough conversations with your students? See what is working for other teachers.

Teamwork

Two Steps to Better Parent-Teacher Meetings

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on April 15, 2018

Are you ready for parent-teacher conferences? Here are some tips to help prepare!

Are you ready for parent-teacher conferences? Here are some tips to help prepare!

Meditation

How to Feel More Love for Our Kids (and Others)

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on April 11, 2018

This simple practice can help increase empathy, social connection, compassion, and emotion regulation for all your family members.

This simple practice can help increase empathy, social connection, compassion, and emotion regulation for all your family members.

Education

Three Strategies that Transform Student Lives

Elaine Shpungin Ph.D. on April 2, 2018

Hoping to use the last few weeks of the semester to bring your classroom community together? Try these three tips!

Hoping to use the last few weeks of the semester to bring your classroom community together? Try these three tips!

Do you resist feelings of sadness? Turning towards discomfort may lead to more love.