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Samantha Boardman

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Positive Psychiatrist @WeillCornell, APA Distinguished Fellow & author of #EverydayVitality
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The Missing Half of Mental Health

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By Samantha Boardman
| The Dose Newsletter
Positive psychology has had a remarkable run. It has transformed how schools think about students, how companies think about employees, how coaches work with athletes. Walk into any well-run organization today and you will find people talking about strengths, engagement, and meaning in ways that would have seemed unusual twenty years ago. The lay public has embraced it. Bookstores are full of it. My patients quote it back to me.
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The Missing Half of Mental Health

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By Samantha Boardman
| Yahoo Creators Verified
The absence of depression is not the presence of wellbeing. Dr. Samantha Boardman Creator • Updated Oct 16, 2026 Updated Fri, October 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC 4 min read (Curly_photo via Getty Images) Positive psychology has had a remarkable run. It has transformed how schools think about students, how companies think about employees, how coaches work with athletes.
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A Welcome Distraction: How to Get Out of Your Own Head Original

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By Samantha Boardman
| The Dose Newsletter
I recently dropped my youngest off at college. It was a bit of a rollercoaster. The good news–she is in a great dorm with a great roommate. The bad news–she (or apparently I) forgot to bring pillows and towels. Smiles, excitement, frustration, and irritation were all there. “You can go now,” she announced to my husband and me about an hour after arriving in her dorm room and six hours before our flight. The good news is that she was fine. I knew I would be fine too but the tears flowed anyway.
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