The President’s Committee on Diversity Affairs (PCDA) has designated November Loving Large at Lawrence Month. They have developed a calendar of activities to help us use the positive emotions associated with love to cope with and work through the trauma of this unprecedented period in which we live. These activities can also help us celebrate our common humanity and connect with others during these divisive times.
Barbara Fredrickson, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has conducted award winning research that indicates that self-generated positive emotions have an “undoing effect” on stress. Although negative emotions, like anger and outrage are essential to creativity and flourishing, no emotion is meant to last forever.
A key to well-being is to keep positive and negative emotions in a healthy balance, whether you consider yourself an activist trying to avoid burnout or simply someone trying to live a fulfilling life. Loving Large at Lawrence month provides opportunities for us to practice generating positive emotions to help us find that balance in these challenging times by showing love to ourselves and others.
Earn a free t-shirt
Let us know how you are Loving Large at Lawrence and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will give you a free blue and white tie dye Loving Large at Lawrence t-shirt. Here is how: Tag the Diversity and Inclusion Facebook page with the hashtag #LovingLargeAtLawrence.
Check out the Loving Large at Lawrence Month Calendar of Events and Practices .