Hi there. It's Stella here. Today I had a lot of ambition and a lot of surprises along the way. I was so determined this morning to get through a thicket of to-do's including choosing from a stack of incredible intern applications.

This month’s love letter (not receiving my love letters?) is a story about how I went from pissed off to praise-the-lord using some skills I learned from positive psychology. Here goes...

Life is like a movie and you are the director. You decide where to point the camera and what story to tell.

Welcome to my first love letter! My intention is to spread science, stories, and some Stella perspective on how to amplify your awesomeness at work, home, and everywhere in between.

I love this time of year—it's the perfect opportunity to let go and re-set. Of course, most of us associate “resolutions” with the New Year, and for a lot of people, resolutions have a bad connotation. They see them as an opportunity for failure instead of success. If that sounds familiar, let me help you reframe the way you view resolutions with these three attitude-altering tips: