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From Undocumented Immigrant to Harvard Graduate

2016

When Norma Torres' mother crossed the border without documents, she never imagined that 16 years later her daughter will be graduating from one of the most prestigious universities in the world: Harvard.

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Why I See Myself at an HBCU

While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.

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‘A Story of Great Resilience’: After Fleeing Taliban, Stranded U of T Mississauga Student Turns to Profs for Help

Exam season is a stressful period for many students – but for Sana Hashim it was also the moment when her world was turned upside down.

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The Class of 2024 Displays its Resilience Through Annual Story Slam

Each year, the P1 class gathers in one group to each tell 5-minute stories using one of three prompts – How I got here; Confirming Experience; and Do-Over. The class then selects a winner.

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Your Hidden Superpowers: How the Whole Truth of Failure Can Change Our Lives

Dr. Becca North rewrites the story we tell ourselves about failure. She puts forth a captivating vision of how shifting our view of failure would change how we lead our lives, yielding profound benefits for us as individuals and as a society.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageEvery genuinely new technology has a genuinely new way of breaking—and every now and then, those malfunctions open a new door to the adjacent possible. Sometimes the way a new technology breaks is almost as interesting as the way it works.

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What Is Well-Being? Definition, Types, and Well-Being Skills

Want to grow your well-being? Here are the skills you need.

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How Our Brains Can Find Peace in a Crisis

Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.

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The Four Keys to Well-Being

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

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Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being

“This book will help you flourish.” With this sentence, internationally esteemed psychologist Martin Seligman begins Flourish, his first book in ten years—and the first to present his dynamic new concept of what well-being really is.

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Spontaneous Happiness: A New Path to Emotional Well-Being

Dr. Andrew Weil has proven that the best way to maintain optimum physical health is to draw on both conventional and alternative medicine. Now, in Spontaneous Happiness, he gives us the foundation for attaining and sustaining optimum emotional health. Rooted in Dr.

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Immigration and Assimilation