Dr. Michele Tugade

So inspiring to share the stage with Dr. Krystle McLaughlin & Dr. Catherine Tan in the "Scholarship in Public" panel! Thank you Sree Sreenivasan for leading this rich discussion. Video to come! 🎥💫✨
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So happy to announce a new retreat that I am co-hosting with Carla Olla at Kripalu in the beautiful Berkshires this summer! Registration is now open. Save your spot today! (Link in bio and QR code)🧘🏻‍♀️☀️⛰️🌸🛶 #yoga #resilience #innerpeace #empowerment #mindfulness #kripalu
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Vassar College students! The Resilience Laboratory is launching our spring study and we cannot wait to get started. Sign up today! ✨

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The Year of the Fire Horse: A Call to Adventure The Year of the Fire Horse symbolizes energy, passion, and momentum. Learn now to skillfully direct this intensity to fuel vitality, creativity, and "wise bravery."

Happy Lunar New Year - the Year of the Fire Horse! I am delighted to share my latest piece in Psychology Today. Wishing everyone a year of adventure, happiness, positive transformation! ✨ www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ever... 🔥🐎
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The Vassar Alum Travel Trip to Greece is officially sold out! 🇬🇷 ✨ Thanks for the incredible interest. Missed a spot? Please add your name to the waitlist. Grateful for such a wonderful community! 💙🤍 #reflect #restore #resilience

Waitlist Email: Kristy Grimes kgrimes@vassar.edu
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Proud mentor moments! Alums are back on campus to share their career and grad school insights w our sophomores. It's all about supporting each other! 💖 #mentor #connect #share #support #vassaralums #welcomehome
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New publication from The Resilience Lab! Find our chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology and Disability, Oxford University Press. Our work shifts the discussion from deficit-focused models towards a strengths-based perspective.

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Vassar Alumni Friends … Just a few spaces remain for this island-hopping Greek adventure! I'm so honored to be the Faculty Host of this trip, designed w wellness & resilience in mind! 🧜‍♀️ 🇬🇷 ☀️Please contact me for details. I’d love to travel with you! @vassar.bsky.social

The Science of Stress: How Yoga Helps Us Regulate, Reconnect, and Buil Discover how yoga and breathwork help regulate stress, restore balance, and build emotional resilience—backed by research from The Resilience Lab at Vassar College.

Many thanks to Manduka for their latest article, discussing our new partnership with the Vassar Resilience Lab! Read more about our research and how #yoga allows us to turn inward, restore, & empower ourselves in a highly charged world. ✨ #resilience #restore #empower #yoga #manduka

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Cheers to a great semester, Vassar! Best wishes on finals to all of our students! A wonderful term with my Research Methods students. Future research scientists in our midst! @vassar.bsky.social 📚📓✏️ #psychologicalscience #vassar #research

Finding Light in the “Hazy Shade of Winter” Want to beat the winter blues? Preserve your inner peace through mindful movement, by integrating the ancient wisdom of yoga with the restorative power of being in nature.

While darker, colder days can drain our psychological reserves, can we see winter as a time for active restoration? Professor Michele Tugade '95 tackles this with "Finding Light in the Hazy Shade of Winter," in Psychology Today.
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Finding Light in the “Hazy Shade of Winter” Want to beat the winter blues? Preserve your inner peace through mindful movement, by integrating the ancient wisdom of yoga with the restorative power of being in nature.

My latest in Psychology Today! While darker, colder days can drain our psychological reserves, can we see winter as a time for active restoration? Finding Light in the “Hazy Shade of Winter” | Psychology Today
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, Meghna Chakrabarti and I explore the science of gratitude, how to cultivate it (even in difficult times), and why feeling grateful isn’t just about giving thanks for the past, but about ensuring a better future. Tune in to @wbur.org / @npr.org On Point’s episode today.

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How do we tell impactful stories that relate deeply to people? The subject was tackled at a recent Signature Program at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts.

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Why Claire Danes's Face Matters In addition to facilitating subtle emotional expressions on screen, allowing our faces to age naturally increases our ability to experience our own and others' emotions.

anyone watching The Beast in Me? No spoilers, just some basic, empirically-supported observations to share: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mirr...
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Vassar College Social at The Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego CA. Great catching up with old and new friends! #SfN2025 #Vassar @vassar.bsky.social @sfn.org

New Partnership Announcement! Thrilled to announce a new collab btw the Vassar Resilience Lab and Manduka. Together, combining thoughtful research, wellness initiatives, & purposefully crafted #yoga gear to support #resilience & #mindfulmovement across communities.
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One of the most rewarding conversations I've had! STORYTELLING FOR CHANGE: Making academic work accessible to the public. Article and Videos: www.vassar.edu/news/onion-ai

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Nice overview of our program on "Storytelling for Change." Many thanks to all of our wonderful panelists and participants! @vassar.bsky.social @theonion.com
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Yoga, Music & Art! A joy to help create this event w/ thanks to Carla Olla for a heartful yoga session, Katya Grineva for the lovely concert performance; Loeb Art Center for the gallery space to yoga among the masterpieces! #yogaforresilience #fillyourheart #resplenishyoursoul
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Fantastic opening discussion for the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts Signature Program, "Storytelling for Change: Shaping and Sharing Inclusive Narratives in Higher Education, Media, and the Arts," with professors, Michele Tugade, Dara Greenwood, and Robert Brigham, and moderator Wesley Dixon.

Only a few spaces left for this special event! Register today if you wish to attend. We are so excited to offer this experience to members of our community! 🪷 We will have a waitlist of we reach capacity.
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Great time w amazing colleagues on our "Storytelling for Change" panel discussing the value of sharing academic work in public spheres. It connects us all. Let's keep talking and sharing! ✨💫⭐️ #storytelling #connect #share #changetheworld
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So special to attend "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" at Bard College. My students saw great talks that touched on lightness, beauty, gratitude, & joy by Teju Cole & others. Thanks for thoughtful moments of reflection! ✨#JoyInDarkTimes #resilience
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We all have stories to share! How we share stories can shift culture, challenge norms & spark change! Honored to be a panelist "Storytelling for Change" convenes voices committed to creativity & transformation. Free & open to the public. Join us!
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Why Scholars Should Take Their Show On the Road To ensure that informed and nuanced perspectives are part of public dialogue, academics need to hone their persuasive communication skills.

some thoughts, with folk like Barry Lam, Ethan Kross, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Michele Tugade, and Dave DeSteno in mind!
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One of my biggest honors - to speak w this incredible group of Vassar alums - 6 decades among us! Joyful memories shared & deep dedication, care for the current and future students of Vassar. Thank you, Vassar Legacy Society! ✨💖✨ #vassar #gratitude #light #micromomentsofjoy
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A wonderful URSI Symposium at Vassar College! My students shared findings from our research on Yoga, Mindfulness & Resilience & shared valuable insights with all. Grateful for this amazing team! Aviv-Fisher Brown, Zoë Shelley, Michelle Lima Enriquez, & Carla Olla. ✨ #resilience @vassar.bsky.social

Want to learn more about our research? Please stop by the URSI Symposium at Vassar College to hear about the summer research and ongoing projects by the Vassar Resilience Lab! ✨
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