What is the Enneagram?

Gina Messina, Ph.D. 06/27/2022

What is the Enneagram and how can you learn your type? Or more importantly, why should you know your type? While Briggs-Meyer has been recognized as the primary personality-typing tool in the past, the Enneagram is quickly becoming the go-to self-discovery technique for a new generation. While it may be new to you, the Enneagram has been around for quite some time. It has ancient roots and some claim it can be traced to the geometry of Pythagorean mathematics. The Enneagram’s growing popularity is directly related to its simplicity and format with nine types that each connect to different personality traits while breaking down patterns of human behavior. Each has a particular motivation and helps to reveal our blind spots. The Types The Perfectionist — The…

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Gina Messina, Ph.D.

Meditation Techniques for Beginners

Many of us have difficulty finding the time to take care of ourselves. Whether you’re looking to reduce stress at work, find a way to fall asleep faster, or are just interested in the practice, meditation can be the answer. We’ll explore some meditation techniques to incorporate into your life today so that you can resolve some of these common challenges. What Are Meditation Techniques? Meditation is a technique that encourages us to develop mindfulness and awareness in the present moment as a means to instill calmness and clarity into our bodies and our daily lives (Behan, 2020). Hundreds of meditation techniques exist today, all of which cater to different types of feelings, situations, or sensations. If you’re looking to de-stress, perhaps a mindfulness meditation…

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Institute Editorial Team 07/03/2023

What is Positive Reinforcement?

Learn how to harness this powerful principle to improve your life and the lives of others. Positive reinforcement is the process of increasing the future probability of some behavior by following that behavior with a pleasant or desirable consequence (Scott et al, 2017). In other words, positive reinforcement is when you act or behave in a certain way, get something that you like, and then become more likely to act or behave in that way again. When you log in to Instagram and see that your latest post has received a lot of likes and comments, you may find yourself checking Instagram more often. Similarly, when you visit the vending machine and get a delicious snack, you may find yourself making more trips to the…

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Institute Editorial Team 05/22/2023

Social Media Minimalism: Why Sometimes Less is More

Every day, your social media feeds and ads prompt you to buy more, often making you desire things you didn’t know you needed.

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Mia Barnes 03/04/2024

How to Find Motivation When You Feel Like Giving Up

How to Find Motivation When You Feel Like Giving Up. We’ve all been there: we know we want to accomplish something, but we just can’t seem to make ourselves do it. Maybe you want to start an exercise regimen, or spend less time on your phone. You know you want to do this, and at the same time, you don’t feel very motivated. Especially with the new year approaching, many of us are making goals for ourselves that we want to be able to accomplish. So how can you keep up the motivation, even when you feel like giving up? Why Is It So Hard to Be Motivated? You might be wondering, why is it so hard to find motivation to succeed, even when it’s…

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Institute Editorial Team 11/06/2023

5 Exercises for Practicing Self-Compassion

Have you ever beat yourself up or said unkind words to yourself? If you’re like most of us, your answer is probably “yes.” Especially as women, we tend to be our own worst critics, and we usually treat ourselves in cruel ways that we’d never treat other people!But there’s a different way. Self-compassion is the practice of being kind and understanding with ourselves — not only when we succeed, but when we fail, too. Here, we’ve compiled 5 exercises you can use to start practicing self-compassion. These practices are based on extensive research by Dr. Kristin Neff, a psychologist who specializes in self-compassion. Try to incorporate them into your daily schedule as much as possible. You can use these 5 exercises at any time, day…

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Gina Messina, Ph.D. 02/28/2022

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