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Articles by Corey Keyes
Nightmares: Why We Have Them and What to Do…
You’re being chased by someone—or something. There’s been a horrifying display of violence. Or, you’re hopelessly late. You’re completely lost. You’re suddenly aware of being (accidentally) naked in public. The list of our most common nightmare scenarios is very long. Tens of thousands of people query search engines and AI bots each month in search of a hint about what these disturbing dreams might mean. How about you? What—if anything—do you do with those dreams that leave you shaken upon waking?
Languishing and the search for meaning in the modern world
If you’re feeling demotivated and aimless, but you’re not depressed, you might be languishing. But what exactly is languishing, and what can you do about it? Claudia Hammond talks to the sociologist Dr Corey Keyes, who coined the term. He has some solutions that could help you move from languishing to flourishing, as well as poetic descriptions of how nature inspires his work and hopeful tales about the search for meaning in the modern world.
Are you languishing in life? Here’s how to find your purpose again
Like many people, my mental health took an enormous hit during the covid-19 pandemic. I felt lonely and lost, unsure of the direction of my life. Mundane tasks like making my bed became overwhelming, and I was uninterested in activities that once brought me joy. I wasn’t sad, but I wasn’t happy either. I was just… existing. Actually, I may have been languishing, says Corey Keyes, a psychologist at Emory University in Georgia and advisor to the World Happiness Report.
14 books you heard about last week on CBC Radio
Check out some of the books discussed on national CBC Radio programs from March 11-March 18, 2024. Goddess Crown byShade Lapite Goddess Crown is a debut fantasy novel by Shade Lapite. (Walker Books US, Emily Ding) Heard on: The Next Chapter Raised outside the opulent Galla Kingdom when her parents are labeled enemies of the crown, 16 year-old Kalothia can fend for herself when it comes to hunting, fishing and the forest.
Who gets to flourish?
Are you flourishing? Not “just getting by” or “making it through,” but truly thriving? In the last two decades, the field of positive psychology has embraced the concept of flourishing, the pinnacle of well-being. Distinct from subjective happiness or physical health, flourishing is the aggregate of all life experiences when every aspect of your life is going well.
How to Reconnect with Your Potential When the World Starts to Feel Empty
Corey Keyes is a professor emeritus of Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where he held the Winship Distinguished Research Professorship. He was a member of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging. He has been called on to participate in several U.S. National Academies of Science initiatives and has been selected to give several honorary lectureships.
How Play Can Increase Resilience
Ideas February 21, 2024 7:00 AM EST Keyes is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Emory University whose research on mental health—including his pioneering work on the science of human flourishing—has had wide-reaching policy implications.
Behind the Walls of a Jim Crow Asylum
Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and two-time Emmy award-winning Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC and the cohost of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine. She was formerly a correspondent and producer for Vice News Tonight. Since 2019, she has also served as an annual judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize.
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