Linkedin Learning is a resource that comes free with being a SUNY Geneseo student. The following courses include activities you can take part in, as well as lectures from renowned psychologists who draw from multiple places to inform how you can optimize your own happiness
How to Train Your Brain for Happiness
Dr. Jay Kumar shares insights, exercises, and techniques that have been demonstrated to increase happiness in our personal and professional lives
Self-Compassion When Compassion is Difficult
In this short course, Kelly McGonigal goes into how we can become so emotionally exhausted we forget to have compassion for ourselves, and how to mitigate this
Introduction to Gratitude Meditation
This course from Jack Kornfield provides an introduction to gratitude meditation as well as a practice session to get you started
Introduction to Loving-Kindness Meditation
This course from Jack Kornfield provides an introduction to gratitude meditation as well as a practice session to get you started
Self-Compassion When Compassion is Difficult
This course from Health Psychologist Kelly McGonigal goes into the dangers of compassion fatigue, as well as how to maintain your compassion for yourself and others
Option B: Building Resilience
This course from Organizational Psychologist Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg details tips and strategies on building your resilience during difficult times, as well as how to aid others in building their resilience
Enhancing Resilience
This course from Organizational Psychologist Gemma Leigh Roberts explores what resilience is and strategies on how it can be built up over time. Roberts acknowledges important factors such as work-life balance, emotional intelligence, and social relationships in building one’s resilience