Articles and Short Stories about Passion
Articles
“The Secrets to Designing a Curiosity-Driven Career”
“Your Professional Decline is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think”
“Why “Find Your Passion” Is Such Terrible Advice”
“Do what you love and live longer, the Japanese ikigai philosophy says”
“Neuroscience Shows How Following Your Passion Makes You Happy”
“Why Finding Your Passion Is Essential to Maintaining Brain Health”
“Find Your Passion’ Is Awful Advice”
“Sense of Purpose Adds Years to Your Life, Study Finds” –Shelley Emling
“The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” –Bronnie Ware
“Why Most Employee Engagement Programs Fail” –Kevin Kruse
“How to Ditch a Dream” –Augusten Burroughs
“The Paradox of Passion” –Rena Jana
“Madness: Sometimes passion can be an affliction” –Anastasia Edel
“Follow a Career Passion? Let It Follow You” –Cal Newport
“The Secret to Career Contentment: Don’t Follow Your Passion” –Sebastian Klein
“Find Your Passion With These 8 Thought-Provoking Questions” –Warren Berger
“Passion at Work” –Deloitte University Press
“Unlocking the Passion of the Explorer” –Deloitte University Press
“Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work” –Steve Crabtree
“What About Passion?” –Kathryn Britton
“The role of passion in sustainable psychological well-being” –Robert J Vallerand
“To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion” –Oliver Segovia
“Van Gogh’s War with Passion: When A Journalist Learns From An Impressionist” –Jan Johnson
“Social Change and the Shadow Side of Passion” –Geraldine Hepp and Roshan Paul
“How to Channel Passion in Your Writing” –Donald Maass
“Creativity: A Crime of Passion” –Andrea Kuszewski
“Passion-Based Learning for the 21st Century” –John Norton
Vital Signs excerpt in Christian Science Monitor –July 30, 2014
Vital Signs excerpt in Unity Magazine –March/April 2015
Vital Signs excerpt in Psychotherapy Networker –May/June 2015
Vital Signs excerpt in Unity Magazine –A positive path for spiritual living.
Vital Signs excerpt in Eden Magazine -pgs 56/57
The Upside of Inhibition, and The Freedoms of Expression –Unity.org
"Why Passion Won't Build A Business" –Paid to Exist
"6 Reasons to Let Employees Bring Their Personal Passions to Work" –Steve Cody
"Passion-Based Learning: An Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum" –Heather Wolpert-Gawron
"Guidelines of Passion-Based Learning" –Angela Maiers
"6 Reasons To Step Outside Your Comfort Zone" –Carolyn Gregoire
"If This Video Doesn't Convince You To Put Down Your Phone, Nothing Will"
"How Awe Stops Your Clock" –Sarah Estes & Jesse Graham
"Passion and Aging: What Does It Mean to Get Older?" –Joe Kovacs
"The Pride and Passion of Aging" –Dr. Roger Landry
"7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose" –Mark Mansony
"Awe for Altruism and Health" –Dacher Keltner
"How Pursuing a Quest Can Bring Passion to Your Life"
–Susan Cain
"How to Find Your Purpose and Do What You Love"
–Maria Popova, from her blog Brain Pickings
"How to Do What You Love" –Paul Graham
"The Shortness of Life"
–Maria Popova, from her blog Brain Pickings
"Rewilding: A Cultural Meme for Rehabilitating Our Hearts"
–Mark Bekoff
"How Having a Purpose in Life Impacts Your Brain—In A Big Way"
–Ashton Applewhite
"The Crossroads of Should and Must"
–Elle Luna
"To Be Happier, Start Thinking More About Your Death"
–Arthur C. Brooks
“Gifts of Death Awareness”
–Fred Brandman
Psychology Today’s "The Future of Mental Health" series
–Interview with Gregg Levoy
Has Your Passion Taken a Powder?
–From AARP’s Life Reimagined Program (based on Vital Signs)
The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything
–Linda Holmes
Short Stories
“The Neurosis of Containment” –Rikki Ducornet, from The Word Desire
“My Grandmother Who Painted” –Honor Moore, from The Writer on Her Work, Janet Sternburg
“The Dance of the Frogs” –Loren Eiseley, from The Star Thrower
“The Bird and the Machine” –Loren Eiseley, from The Immense Journey
“The Size of Thoughts” –Nicholas Baker, from The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber