{"id":2721,"date":"2012-12-16T01:48:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T01:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2015-02-18T07:32:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T07:32:05","slug":"2012-12-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2012-12-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"center\"><font color=\"black\">Michelle Chappel, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed musician, businesswoman and speaker<\/font><\/h4>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><font color=\"black\">December 16, 2012<\/font><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2748\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2748\" title=\"2012-12-16-Michelle-Chappel\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-16-Michelle-Chappel.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-16-Michelle-Chappel.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2012-12-16-Michelle-Chappel-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Chappel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>After being voted \u201cMost Inspirational Psychology Professor\u201d at UC Santa Cruz, she ditched academics to be a singer-songwriter.\u00a0 She writes, \u201cIn these times, we all need to be able to develop a second act to be happy and prosperous. This talk blends psychological, mythological and scientific perspectives, along with the instructor\u2019s personal experience with change, to show you how to leave the past behind and re-create yourself. You will learn how to discard bad habits and old belief systems that no longer serve you, build the courage to go after your dreams, and persist through setbacks. You will be shown ways to establish a support system as you change, stick to your vision despite nay-sayers and self-criticism, and create a life that expresses who you truly are.\u201d<strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can view Michelle&#8217;s slides <a title=\"Reinvent talk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Reinvent-Yourself-talk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 They also<em><\/em> include information about her albums which are available on iTunes.<em><\/em><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59270797\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59270797\">Humanist Community Forum (2012-12-16) &#8211; Reinvent Yourself: Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose (Dr. Michelle Chappell)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\">Humanist Community-SiliconValley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Chappel, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed musician, businesswoman and speaker December 16, 2012 \u00a0 After being voted \u201cMost Inspirational Psychology Professor\u201d at UC Santa Cruz, she ditched academics to be a singer-songwriter.\u00a0 She writes, \u201cIn these times, we all need to be able to develop a second act to be happy and prosperous. This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2012-12-16\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[243,26],"tags":[50,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7579,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}