Flourishing – Life with Liz Sutton

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Taking Care of Ourselves and One Another

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Post published:February 11, 2026
Post category:Flourishing Yoga
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An hour before leading my annual “new year” yoga and positive psychology workshop, I saw the news of another killing in Minneapolis. Was what I was about to share even important anymore? It felt strange, tone deaf, trite. What could optimism, hope, relationships, etc. possibility do in these dire times?So much.Our first step is not giving up. What will support us in not giving up? We have to use tools, internally and externally, that support…

My view from the Amtrak along the Hudson River

2026: A Year of Interest and Action

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Post published:January 20, 2026
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On January 1, 2025, I triumphantly declared that blogging was back, baby! More than 365 post-less days later, I can confirm that blogging was definitely not back… baby. So, in order to facilitate writing and sharing in 2026, I’m shifting my approach. Rather than setting a schedule of what I feel I should address, I am using Oliver Burkeman’s advice and leaning into what is most interesting to me week by week. No grand plan,…

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Infusing our Wedding with Positive Psychology

Post author:lizsutton05
Post published:February 17, 2023
Post category:Flourishing Reflections

In honor of this season of love, I’m excited to share my first post NOT focused on taking a break from work. Dixon and I got married in June 2022 (after a one year COVID delay, weee) and it brought together two of my favorite things - love and positive psychology! I’m sharing because it seems so easy to get lost in wedding planning, and to lose yourself in the process. And folks often ask…