Author Archives: sdorsey02

The lecture topic for today brought more concern than things to look forward to in my old age. Since I am type one diabetic, unless there is a cure by the time I am in my old age, it will make that time in my life very difficult. One of the three things that comesContinue reading “Blog Post #10”

In my future I see many potential ways to interact with kids. I plan to volunteer in the children’s hospital when I turn 21, and will stay there until I have my career in child psychology. I also have hopes of being a parent as well. I have been around kids very often growing upContinue reading “Blog Post #9”

Dear Low Points Of My Life, You have taught me that through great trauma can come growth. With each tear has come a little more knowledge and a little more strength. You were not easy. There were moments when my pain, whether emotional of physical, was all consuming. Overwhelming my senses with hurt and heartache.Continue reading “Blog Post #8”

As the day went on I was looking for opportunities that I could provide a random stranger with a random act of kindness. There was not really an opportunity that I could see, so I decided that I would do something unexpected for my mom. While I was out and about today, I stopped byContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

In class today we discussed the idea of red cape or green cape. Red cape being that you try to fix the bad and green being that you promote the good (Finley 2020). In class when we first started discussing it in a more general sense I was very much a red cape, but inContinue reading “Blog Post #6”

Pictured above: My Kindergarten graduation from St. Juliana’s Catholic school, and the upper quad where I practiced mindful meditation Today in class we discussed values and character strengths. For out in-class activity we took a VIA survey that would determine our most prominent character strengths. The number one character strength I received was spirituality. IContinue reading “Blog Post #4”

Creativity is a wonderful phenomena that can be experienced by many. As creativity is a phenomenon it is hard to describe but it is something that you know when you are experiencing/witnessing it. Finley and Csikszentmihalyi (2018) described different types of creativity labeled as “little c” and “Big C.” “Little c” is more mundane creativityContinue reading “Blog Post #3”

Seeking happiness seems to be a universal concept. Despite it seeming to be universal, happiness  is highly subjective and may change at any time. The causes and levels of happiness I have had in my life have changed as I, as an individual, have changed as well. At this point in my life, happiness isContinue reading “Blog Post #1”