Certified Life and Career Coach Kim Childs, owner of Take the Leap Coaching, based in Arlington, Massachusetts, will host a free online Zoom workshop offering Positive Psychology tools to navigate life’s ups and downs with more resilience, resourcefulness and optimism as the new year begins from 5 to 6 p.m. on January 7, 2024. Participants will learn and try research-based practices that they can also do on their own later.

The workshop will consist of a guided meditation to relax participants and allow them to tune in to themselves followed by Appreciative Inquiry and Solutions Focus questions to reflect on and write about. Discussion and coaching will follow to help deepen understanding of the methods for easier implementation at home.

“We’re all reeling from the challenges and changes of these past few years,” says Childs. “These practices can help to ground us and cultivate resilience by keeping our valuable power of attention of what’s working and what makes us happy.” Childs, who offers free initial consults and paid sample sessions that can be arranged to explore her coaching, adds, “Instead of making resolutions for 2024, we can equip ourselves with practices and new habits of mind to increase our chances of having a happier new year.”