Dear coaches and folks interested in positive processes,

I’ve begun another book, and it is about happiness and well-being. The chapter I’m currently working on seems to need some stories and so I offer you the opportunity, and ask for your help in creating stories of a time when you knew you were especially happy. The length of the story might be anywhere from a paragraph to a page, your choice. If you are interested, please post your stories below as response to this blog entry. No pressure. Do this only if it makes you happy! I will credit you in the book if I use the story, or use a pseudonym if you prefer.

Here are some thought starters:

Describe a time when you knew you were especially happy…

What was going on (describe the scene as best you can)…

Who was involved (were you alone or with someone else)…

Has this scene or occasion of happiness ever been repeated (is this something you do regularly, or more than once, like mountain climbing or your work)…

What are the elements of the time you are describing that particularly contribute to your happiness (family, achievement, new sox)…

Thanks for your willingness to read this, and perhaps to play.

Peer-reviewed Presentations and Papers

S.L. Orem, W.B. Pearce, and others.
Presentation, Western States Communication Association, February, 2006. Paper published in conference proceedings.

S.L. Orem, J. Binkert, and A. Clancy,
Presentation, Research Symposium, International Coach Federation Conference, November 2005. Paper published in conference proceedings.

S.L. Orem,
Poster session for Research Symposium, International Coach Federation Conference, November, 2004. Paper published in conference proceedings.

S.L. Orem,
Fifth Annual Transformative Learning Conference, Columbia Teachers College, New York, October, 2003. Paper published in conference proceedings.

S.L. Orem,
International Organization Development Network Conference, Montreal, October, 2002.

S.L. Orem and L. Demarest,
Association for Psychological Type International Conference, Orange County, 1993.

Other Publications

S.L. Orem,
Currently under contract with Jossey Bass, publication date February 2007.

S.L. Orem and L. Demarest,
Health Communications, 1994. English, Japanese and Spanish editions.