Loving Mindset Course

A loving mindset seems to come naturally when we fall in love but knowing whether that mindset will last often feels risky.  Because we don't really understand how or why those feelings arrived we often struggle with maintaining that loving feeling.  

It is possible to gain knowledge and skills that greatly increase the chances of maintaining that loving feeling for life.  The romance and excitement can remain fresh and exciting.  

Our Loving Mindset course is designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge to take the risk out of love, to have a greater level of certainity that your relationship can thrive.  We have a special in the month of February and are offering a 2 for 1 deal on the class if you register during February.  It is not necessary to take this class with a partner or to even have a partner right now.  

The class is designed for people at any stage of relationship from not being in one all the way to past their 50th anniversary to benefit and increase their satisfaction with their relationship going forward.  

Contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign-up.  We have several classes forming so please let us know whether you prefer evenings, days, or weekends.  If the demand is high enough we may add additional classes.  Classes will be offered in person in the Charlotte area and online.  

We wish for you lasting love.

Exciting News - Coming Attractions

The importance of understanding both the benefits of positivity and optimism and how to experience more of these emotions has the ability to contribute to solving every social problem.

Other documents on our site document the science behind the above statement and tell the compelling story. 

The purpose of this announcement is to share some of the exciting ways Happiness 1^st Institute is going to share the techniques and body of knowledge that lead to greater human thriving in all areas during the coming year.  

We are very excited about this news.  We have been invited to be a regular contributor to a new network news show, The Good News Channel.  We have been recording the pilot during the past week and were literally left speechless by the quality of the work provided by our film crew - our dreams are being exceeded.

Soon some clips will be available on YouTube.  Register on our site so you can be sure to receive announcements.  

We are currently accepting positions on our roster from individuals who would like to take our classes.  Please contact us via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like information about upcoming classes.  Classes will be available online so interested indivduals from around the world will be able to benefit from the knowledge.  Currently classes are in English but if you are interested in classes in another language please let us know.  We are eager to have translations completed as soon as the demand is known.

We are also launching CD programs on several topics so watch for announcements.  We have one coming on Inner Peace (a necessary precursor to World Peace), one that includes the Keys to Happiness Program and another called Letters to Linda which are soothing letters to a family member who has lived a life filled with mental illness and disappointments.  Other programs are in development.  We are excited about our CD programs because they will allow the message to reach more people than we can accomodate in our classes.  

Our first co-authored book is in the editing process and additional books are in the works.  It is an exciting time.

Perspectives on Coping and Resilience

We are delighted to announce that the book we contributed to (shown left) has been published.  Many distinguished contributors worked together to create this peer-reviewed book  with the goal of helping increase the resilience in the peoples of the world.  This was an international effort.  

Perspectives on Coping and Resilience may be ordered on Amazon.

The editors are: Venkat Pulla, Andrew Shatte, and Shane Warren

The chapters include the following topics by the authors mentioned:

1. Contours of Coping and Resilience: The Front Story 
By: Dr. Venkat Pulla
2. Toward a Philosophy of Resilience
Thomas W. Dukes 
3. Using Metaphors to Develop Resilience 
Robin Hills and Doug Haynes
4. Developing Personal Resilience in Organizational Settings 
Linda L. Hoopes
5. Emotion Regulation in Children: Towards a Resilience Framework 
Jennifer Hudson and Venkat Pulla
Strengthening the Capacity for Resilience in Children 
By: Alyce White and Venkat Pulla
6. Resilience Building Using Art Therapy with Adolescents in Australia 
By: Jo Kelly
7. Out of the Shadows: Into the Light: Resilience and Coping Skills through Arts Practice 
By: Anne Riggs
8.Resiliency and Recovery from Intimate Partner Violence 
Linda A. Douglas 
9. Resistance to Resilience: Addiction, Co-dependency and Doing Life Differently 
Sharalyn Drayton
10.Trauma–Creating Beneficial Change 
Richard Hill 
11. Trusting Ones Emotional Guidance Builds Resilience 
Jeanine Broderick 
12. The Role of Language in Promoting Trauma Recovery and Resilience 
Pamela Trotman and Leisha Townson
13. The Community Resilience Profile: A Framework for Assessing Community Development Efforts 
Lynn Varagona and Linda Hoopes
14. What World Bank Metrics Don’t Tell Us About Per Capita GDP: How a Nation’s Resilience
Affects Its Prosperity 
Lynn Varagona 
15. Building Resilience in the Next Generation and the Power of Higher Self-efficacy 331
Anndrea Wheatley
16. Revisiting Emotional Regulation: Evidence from Practice 
Shane Warren
17. Strengthening the Capacity for Resilience in Children 
Alyce White and Venkat Pulla
18. Life Narratives Mirroring the Feminization of HIV and AIDS Trauma: Zimbabwean Perspectives
of Coping and Resilience 
Sindiso Zhou and Nhlanhla Landa
19. Resilient Reintegration During Adversities: Case of Young People with Disabilities
Nur Aishah Hanun, Lynne Briggs and Wayne Hammond
20. “Resilience at Work and in Life” 
Dr. Andrew Shatté

I hope our efforts increase your ability to bounce back and help you help others learn to do the same.

♡ Jeanine

Our Holiday Greeting to You

May your heart know the peace that lies within and the joy the finding of that peace brings.

Wishing you a New Year that reflects the beauty that lies within. A New Year filled with love and appreciation for those in your life as you journey towards your dreams made more beautiful with the awareness that your dreams are ever expanding and the joy is in the journey.

Here is hoping our paths cross and our relationship uplifts one another in the coming years.

Jeanine Broderick and

The Happiness 1^stInstitute