Workshop Title:
Personal Wellbeing Interventions and Life Coaching
Instructor: Dr. Tithi Bhatnagar
Date and Time: Monday, August 10; 9:00am-1:00pm
Location: University of Kentucky (room TBA)
Fee:
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$35 USD (ISQOLS Members)/$20 USD (Student, Retired, Developing Country ISQOLS Members);
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$50 USD (Non-ISQOLS members)/$35 USD (Student, Retired, Developing Country non-ISQOLS Members)
Workshop Description:
This workshop is designed to provide participants and well-being enthusiasts with an overview of different evidence-based techniques and interventions to enhance personal well-being and help them learn how to select and apply appropriate interventions based on individual needs and preferences. The workshop will focus on an overview of the following evidence-based techniques and interventions:
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Introduction to Personal Well-Being and Diagnostics
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Mindfulness-Based Interventions
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Positive Psychology Interventions
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Behaviour-Based Interventions
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Personal Growth Strategies (Inter-Domain, Intra-Domain, and Balance)
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Coaching as a Powerful Intervention
Target Audience:
All participants – Researchers, Doctoral Scholars, Post-Doc Fellows, Faculty, Practitioners, Policy Professionals, Therapists, Coaches, and anyone else.
Activities and Duration:
This face-to-face workshop is four hours long (including breaks) and incorporates various pedagogical methodologies, including lectures, interactive discussions, individual exercises, and the integration of audiovisual aids.
Preferred Length/Format:
My first preference would be a full-day workshop. It will give me an opportunity to do some activities with my participants.
In case that is not possible, I would prefer a 4-hour half-day workshop format with a 20-30-minute break after the first two hours.
Reading Material:
This workshop is based on several research articles and the following books:
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Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. Penguin.
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Sirgy, M.J. (2002). The Psychology of Quality of Life. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
Note: PPT Slides will be shared later with the participants.
ISQOLS Experience:
This was an invited pre-conference workshop, well-received at ISQOLS 2024 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, and a selected, well-received workshop at ISQOLS 2025 in Luxembourg.
Workshop Instructor:
Dr. Tithi Bhatnagar is a Psychologist by training, a well-being and happiness researcher and teacher by profession, and a certified Positive Psychology Coach by practice (trained with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, USA). She is the Author of “Subjective Well-Being in the Indian Context: Concept, Measure, and Index”, published by Springer Nature, Singapore. She has her share of conference presentations and publications, both nationally as well as internationally. She is currently a Visiting Professor at Ashoka University, India, and a practising Positive Psychology Coach (also an ICF Certified Coach in training). She is a member of the APA, IPPA, and ISQOLS. Her professional experience combines industry, consulting, academics, academic administration, training, and advisory roles. She has trained around a few thousand teachers, students, Govt. Officials and Executives on different topics, mainly related to well-being, subjective well-being interventions, stress management, and research methods.
