Thriving Women, Thriving World

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“This book is an invitation to journey from #metoo to thriving women via inquiry, dialogue, and stories.”

So begins the new book, Thriving Women, Thriving World, newly available from Amazon in paperback and eBook formats. In the style of the Encyclopedia of Positive Questions, the book provides Appreciative Inquiry (AI) questions for 92 topics to help people work together to turn problems into positive possibilities. The AI questions are supported by stories, poems, reflective essays, and practices, some by members of the MAPP community.

Caroline Adams Miller was one of the original authors who figured out what should go in the book. She contributed personal stories to the chapters titled Healing from Relational Abuse and Women Supporting Women. Kathryn Britton joined later, shaping, writing, and editing. She contributed a story to the chapter titled Working for the Greater Good. Elaine O’Brien contributed a positive movement practice to the chapter titled Claiming Ownership of Our Bodies. Shannon Polly wrote about her admiration for first ladies in the chapter Women Supporting Women.

Appreciative Inquiry is a close partner for positive psychology based on the fundamental belief that our reality is shaped by the questions we ask. From the book’s introduction, “[The questions] begin by inviting you to Discover what is already strong and beneficial in your life. Subsequent questions ask you to Dream about ideal futures, to Design new ways of being, and to Deliver inspired actions.”

Find both eBook and paperback formats here.