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July 21–26, 2013 Sunday–Friday 5 nights
Continuing Education Credits

Whole Person Well-Being: A Week of Inspired Living

Presenter(s)
Tal Ben-Shahar and Megan McDonough
Tal Ben-Shahar

Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, is an author and lecturer. He taught the largest course at Harvard on “Positive Psychology” and the third largest on “The Psychology of Leadership”—with a total of over 1,400 students. He currently…
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Megan McDonough

Megan McDonough, CEO of WholeBeing Institute, is an award-winning author of Infinity in a Box: Using Yoga to Live with Ease and A Minute for Me: Learning to Savor Sixty Seconds. Mastery of “how to…
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with special guests Maria Sirois and Stephen Cope


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For everyone.

For your optimal well-being (and the world’s), your whole nature in all its glory and complexity must be uncovered and expressed. For more than two decades, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar has been at the forefront of Positive Psychology, teaching people how to build emotional well-being. Now, through the WholeBeing Institute cofounded with Megan McDonough, the framework is expanding to include additional aspects of well-being that you can use to help realize your full human potential.

In this inaugural event, the founders of the WholeBeing Institute lay the groundwork for a new model of well-being called SPIRE—a five-pronged approach to foster lifelong learning, professional development, and personal growth for the ultimate aim of inspired living. Along with emotional well-being, the SPIRE approach addresses intellectual well-being (fostering a love of learning through the arts, great books, and accessible philosophy) and physical well-being (using the mind-body connection to consciously cultivate a desired psychological state).

Guest presenters during the week include senior Kripalu teachers Stephen Cope, speaking on the importance of following your calling, and Maria Sirois, addressing the power of resiliency in the human spirit.

CE Credits
This program is eligible for
  • 23.5 credits for Athletic Trainers (BOC), $20 additional charge
  • 23.5 credits for Yoga Alliance (YA), $20 additional charge