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Today Courtney discusses how her work as a behavioral health coach shifted throughout the pandemic as it became clear the challenges we were collectively facing could not be "counseled away". This episode takes a deeper look at Positive Psychology and how harnessing the framework of "build what's strong instead of fixing what's wrong" can lead to lasting change amid circumstances that are out of our control. Courtney also shares how mindsets and challenging our cognitive belief systems can help us be open to the challenges of life and shift our ideas on what it means to be effectively coping.

Courtney also offers an at-home activity that helps you build more happiness, pleasure, and comfort in your everyday life.

Shout outs in this episode include Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Abraham Maslow, Paulo Coelho, and a very mangled quoting of Albert Camus' "In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

Send your feedback, questions, and topic ideas to courtney@shineandsoar.com!