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Amy Bucher, Ph.D.

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Why We Can’t Predict Future Happiness: the Hedonic Treadmill

Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about a day, perhaps not too far in the future, where you’ve finally gotten something you really want and […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: August 5, 2019August 25, 2019

Yes, Be Yourself: In Defense of Authenticity

Over the weekend I saw a NY Times op ed article pop up in my RSS feed (yes, I maintain an RSS feed) that rebuts the idea […]

PsychologyPosted on: June 6, 2016June 6, 2016

Motivation and Authenticity: Old Bedfellows

For all of my interest in both motivation and authenticity, I was stunned to realize in reading a book about con artists (of all things) […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 11, 2016May 10, 2016

The Forever Fat Kid: Identity and Growth, Part 2

So you’ve grown up overweight, awkward, unpopular, healthy or not, but now you’ve reached a point where you’re different. And you’re probably struggling to change […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 6, 2016April 29, 2016

The Forever Fat Kid: Identity and Growth, Part 1

People change all the time. You can think of life as a process of becoming. But one of the funny things about identity, as a […]

PsychologyPosted on: May 4, 2016April 29, 2016

Shonda Rhimes Joins The Authenticity-Is-Happiness Club

I recently talked a bit about the book Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: February 1, 2016January 22, 2016

Saying Yes and Saying No: A Purpose-Guided Agenda

In further evidence that I’m a product of my era, I decided to read Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun […]

Happiness , PsychologyPosted on: January 20, 2016January 13, 2016

Does Habit Tie Us Down or Set Us Free?

Habits can set people free, in some ways. By automating desired behavior patterns, we can make it easier to accomplish goals without conscious daily effort. […]

PsychologyPosted on: January 4, 2016January 3, 2016

Resolutions for the New Year (NOT New Year’s Resolutions!): Mind, Body, Soul

For the last couple of years, I’ve had some defined goals beginning in January. I wouldn’t call them New Year’s resolutions–in fact, I think that […]

ReflectionPosted on: December 31, 2015December 23, 2015

Reshaping the “Mood Elevator”

I recently completed a training for work that used a concept called the “mood elevator” to explain the emotions people might feel during the work […]

PsychologyPosted on: December 14, 2015December 6, 2018

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