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Mirna Šmidt

Pillar 0 - Intro to positive psychology Pillar 7 - Conscious self-development

6 great books to start your Positive Psychology journey

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • July 27, 2021

Still haven’t decided which book to pick for this year’s summer holidays?  Here is a list of some of the intro Positive Psychology books that we can highly recommend!  This…

Pillar 1 - Presence & Mindfulness Pillar 4 - Being own best friend

How to have an amazing sleep

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • July 21, 2021

Often overlooked, yet such an important bit of our wellbeing – SLEEP!    Sleep impact our resilience, contributes to having more positive emotions , positively impacts our cognitive skills  and memory, and…

Pillar 1 - Presence & Mindfulness

What is happiness, anyway?

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • June 30, 2021

What is happiness? How would you define it?  Defining happiness is the first step towards building more of it. But that doesn’t mean it is a simple task! Within the…

Pillar 10 - Building resilience

This is how resilience works – and an exercise to strengthen it

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • June 9, 2021

A great way of understanding how our resilience works is to think of it as a POOL of resilience, similar to a big natural pool of water. Similar to a…

Pillar 11 - Meaning & Purpose Pillar 3 - Engagement & Flow

5 tips to move from languishing to wellbeing

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • May 17, 2021

LANGUISHING is all the buzz these day.  It is that place between being unwell, and full wellbeing. It is away from suffering or depression, but it is also not flourishing.  …

Pillar 1 - Presence & Mindfulness Pillar 10 - Building resilience

Build the unshakeable, steady confidence with these tips and tools

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • May 17, 2021

When we are confident, we feel safe and relaxed. We feel encouraged to step into new challenges and raise the bar for ourselves, which in turns leads us to learn…

Pillar 10 - Building resilience Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset

Want to build resilience and strength? Don’t “just step out of your comfort zone”

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • April 16, 2021

When we talk about resilience, one of the most common pieces of advice is to “face your fears”, “just step out of your comfort zone”, “just do it”. Even though…

Life Design Pillar 11 - Meaning & Purpose Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset

Your own Life Design: 7 easy exercises that will help you re-focus

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • October 8, 2020

Life Design is a mindset, decision and a process of taking an intentional, deliberate, and motivating approach to building the life that makes you happy, fulfilled and that feels “right”…

Rewrite your story, change your life
Pillar 11 - Meaning & Purpose Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 7 - Conscious self-development

Rewrite your story, change your life

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • October 3, 2019

“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” — Susan Statham How are you telling the story of your life? And no, I don’t mean what is your pitch or brand…

7 traps on the way to happiness
Pillar 0 - Intro to positive psychology Pillar 5 - Creator’s mindset Pillar 8 - The power of gratitude

7 traps on the way to happiness

  • By Mirna Šmidt
  • September 26, 2019

The path of a happy life is full of traps. Now and then, some of these traps mess up our happiness a bit – and often we don’t even know…

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