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The Flourishing Center

The Flourishing Center

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Take a glimpse into the world of applied positive psychology with The Flourishing Center. Host Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, takes you through each episode giving you insights, the science, and life hacks that you can apply so you can live an authentically happy and flourishing life. In the Science Says Episodes, Emiliya uncovers new research in positive psychology and how to apply the science to your life. In the Flourishing Fridays Episodes, she showcases a Life Hack which is a proven and practic ...
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Two years ago I trained as a Death Doula and it wasn't until recently that I realized I'm missing the knowledge about what my religion, Judaism, has to offer around dying. When death is imminent what rituals and wisdom can the Jewish tradition provide? Listen in on conversations with incredible people and join me in shifting how we perceive and talk about dying. besideproject.substack.com
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Would you like to know how a healthy lifestyle can transform your life for the better? Join Nutritionist Kaysie Butler in her travels to various countries interviewing people from around the world who have made these lifestyle changes. You will be inspired, encouraged and even surprised what you learn from these short testimonies! HealthHealthyLivingNutritionExerciseWaterSunshineTemperanceAirRestTrustGod
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Flourishing Friday (FF) Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use in all areas of your life. In this epi…
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Coach’s Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coach’s Corner, where you get to witness positive psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. In this …
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Coach’s Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coach’s Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. In this …
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Flourishing Friday (FF) Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put it into use in all areas of your life. What if there was one questi…
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Welcome to Real-time Resilience (RR), where we share the journeys of real people being resilient in real time. Tune in to discover and learn skills to help you recover better from any challenge. Listen to bounce back stories that are sure to inspire and encourage you through any struggle. In this episode, Emiliya speaks with Laurie, a mother and po…
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Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use in all areas of your life. In today’s Flourishing Friday episo…
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Coaches Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coaches Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MCC) from the International Coach Federation ICF. Listen i…
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Welcome to Flourishing Fridays. This past Wednesday we celebrated World Gratitude Day with the first ever TFC Gratitude Marathon, which included 12 hours of online gratitude experiences and courses. If you’d like to learn more about the 24 different experiences or to purchase the recordings, go to theflourishingcenter.com/wgd (that’s WGD for World …
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In this Positive Psychology Practitioner Profile Emiliya speaks with Salina Iavarone, a life coach, speaker and co-host of the Live Your Freakin Life Podcast. After leaving her career at her church of 20+ years, Salina discovered positive psychology, and with it, the ability to listen to her body and trust in herself. She now uses her practitioner …
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Ever heard of the vagus nerve, a bundle of thousands of fibers that connects your brain to your heart and influences nearly every internal organ in your body? In this Flourishing Friday episode, Emiliya explains the vagus nerve. #vagusnerve is trending on TikTok with over 24 million views, and it’s no surprise, given the increased stress and uncert…
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EPISODE 88: Business With Conviction and Accomplishment- Coaches Corner Coaches Corner (CC) - Welcome to the Coaches Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching with master-level certified coaching. Discover to positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Co…
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In this Flourishing Friday episode, Emiliya sits down to talk with Louie Schwartzberg, an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who tells inspiring stories that celebrate life. Join in this joyful conversation about Louie’s career, the link between his work and positive psychology, his latest film Gratitude Revealed and more… This ep…
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In this Science Says episode Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, CEO & Founder of The Flourishing Center, shares what The Flourishing Center has been up to for the past year. She also dives into the opportunities brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic for pause and pivot and shares a recently published study on how positive psychology has played a role in helpi…
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In this episode, Merissa talks about her new book, “Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman’s Guide to Grieving”, and about her experience of her father’s death. Merissa’s book is part memoir and part a roadmap to navigating grief. A theme in her writing, and in our conversation, is innovating when rituals and practices no longer work for us. Me…
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In this episode, Stephanie talks about her work at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel - a non-profit funeral chapel in New York City -and shares the experiences that led her to this world and continue to drive her today. I connected with Stephanie after reading an article she authored: It’s Time to Elevate End-of-Life Conversations to Build Jewish Commu…
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In this episode, Arielle shares how she came to be an End of Life Consultant, talks about her work through a Jewish lens, and explores how end of life conversations don’t usually include young people and why we need to change that. Arielle and I met a few years ago when we bonded over our love for Jewish ritual. When I began the Be.Side Project sev…
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In this episode, Emiliya shares about her experiences of grief and loss and how she connects those pieces of herself to Judaism and her work in the scientific study and application of Positive Psychology. Before talking with Emiliya, I knew little about Positive Psychology. It was fascinating to learn more and also where it intersects with Judaism.…
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In this episode, Holly Blue Hawkins shares about her role in end of life care and advocacy and about the way she came to her work and Judaism. Heading into the conversation, I expected we would focus on the present day, but it was in the journey that I found myself wanting to stay and listen. It's a reminder that how we get to places is as importan…
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In this episode Rabbi Jessica Minnen teaches me about the story of Onan and we explore how this text about a guy who pulled out during sex may or may not have led to the word "onen” which is the word for someone in deep grief immediately following the death of a loved one, before the burial. About Rabbi Jessica Minnen: Rabbi Jessica Minnen is an ed…
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Sometimes pieces of conversation have to get cut and sometimes those pieces are too good to let drift away. Here’s one more of Al sharing about death in their family and processing grief on grief’s schedule. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit besideproject.substa…
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Al Rosenberg is a great many things including a strategist, a writer, an artist, and a fantastic storyteller. They're also living with an autoimmune disease that forces them to face their mortality all the time. This episode covers topics from the drama of certain Jewish ritual, what you probably shouldn't say to someone who is dying, to moments of…
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EPISODE 85: IMPROV AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY- Nancy Watt-Practitioner Profile Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler, where we highlight ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the Certificate in Positive Psychology Program. Please find out the exciting way…
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EPISODE 84 STRENGTH SPOTTING AND ACTS OF KINDNESS: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to p…
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In this episode, Rabbi Lisa Goldstein joins me to talk about Honi Hame’agel, Honi the Circlemaker. About Rabbi Lisa Goldstein: Lisa is a rabbi, teacher and facilitator with almost 25 years of executive experience. For many years she was the director of Hillel of San Diego, creating vibrant, welcoming communities for all kinds of college students. A…
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Analucía is a Peruvian-Chilean-American who openly and intentionally shares about death and dying, reflecting on how the concept was introduced when she was a child and sharing the experience of confronting it as a young adult when her mother died. Analucía is also a world traveler, an active member and contributor to the Jewish community, and the …
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EPISODE 81: FRIENDSHIP MATTERS: Karen Riddell-Practitioner Profile Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler, where we highlight ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the Certificate in Positive Psychology Program. Please find out the exciting ways people …
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Welcome to the Be.Side Project, an exploration of where the end of life and Judaism intersect. In this episode I speak with Dan Fendel a death doula, a spiritual care volunteer, and an active member of the Jewish community teaching about jewish end of life practices and making conversations about dying approachable. --------------------------- Dan …
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EPISODE 82: CRISITUNITY-TURN CRISIS INTO OPPORTUNITY: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies t…
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EPISODE 81: Annemarie Brogan- Practitioner Profile Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler, where we highlight ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the Certificate in Positive Psychology Program. Please find out the exciting ways people are putting the …
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EPISODE 80: SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA- STOP PSYCHIC MASOCHISM: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strateg…
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EPISODE 79: GRACE FUELED WITH A NEW PERSPECTIVE Coaches Corner (CC)- Welcome to the Coaches Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching in action with master-level certified coaching. Listen to positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (…
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EPISODE 78: HOW TO GRIEVE- The Science of Coping: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you flourish. In these episodes, we look at the real-life application of Positive Psychology while giving you tips and strategies to pu…
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EPISODE 77: Daily Emotional Wellness During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Science Says Wisdom Wednesday is when we offer some fun positive psychology wisdom into your day! Science Says (SS)- Welcome to Science Says, where every episode highlights a research study that has come out in the field of positive psychology. LISTEN to discover the science of huma…
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THE POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF PIXAR'S SOUL: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive…
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EPISODE 73: NO SHINING KNIGHT IS COMING TO SAVE YOU Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler where we highlight ordinary people that are doing extra ordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the CertifIcate in Positive Psychology Program. Find out the exciting ways people are putting t…
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EPISODE 72: POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH IN PRACTICE Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler where we highlight ordinary people that are doing extra ordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the CertifIcate in Positive Psychology Program. Find out the exciting ways people are putting the sci…
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EPISODE 71: UNITY MINDSET TO SHIFT ENVY AND JEALOUSY Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psycho…
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EPISODE 70: MENTAL TUG AND WAR- HOLDING SPACE Coaches Corner (CC)- Welcome to the Coaches Corner, where you get to witness Positive Psychology-based coaching in action with master-level certified coaching. Listen to positive psychology in action through real-life coaching sessions with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, who holds a Master Coach Certificate (MC…
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EPISODE 69: BREATHE TO ENHANCE WELL-BEING Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into u…
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EPISODE 68: THE EFFECT OF INTENTION ON PHYSICAL THINGS Science Says (SS)- Welcome to Science Says, where every episode highlights a research study that has come out in the field of positive psychology. LISTEN to discover the science of human flourishing while Emiliya Zhivotovskaya teaches you how to put this new knowledge into action… because scien…
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67. STOP DESERVING LOVE: Flourishing Friday Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into…
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EPISODE 66: A BRIGHTER PURPOSE Practitioner Profiler (PP)- Welcome to our Positive Psychology Practitioner Profiler where we highlight ordinary people that are doing extra ordinary things! Each practitioner is one of our graduates of the CertifIcate in Positive Psychology Program. Find out the exciting ways people are putting the science into pract…
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EPISODE 65: SHIFTING GEARS WITH GRACE Flourishing Friday (FF)-Welcome to Flourishing Fridays (FF), where every Friday we bring you a Positive Psychology-based life hack that will help you to flourish. In these episodes we look at real life application of Positive Psychology, while giving you tips and strategies to put Positive Psychology into use i…
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EPISODE 64: POSSIBILITY TO HEAL Real-time Resilience (RR)- Welcome to Real-time Resilience (RR), where we look at real people being resilient in real time. Be ready to discover and learn skills to help you bounce back better. Listen in to bounce back stories that are sure to inspire and encourage you through any struggle. Life isn’t perfect, so it …
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