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About Lifted By The People
Who We Are:
We are a training, coaching, and college counseling consultancy that is focused on helping students, individuals, communities and organizations to boost mental well-being, find meaning, and maximize potential via the evidenced-based science of Positive Psychology. We do this through training courses, workshops, coaching, counseling and organizational consulting services.
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Our Mission and Vision
Vision:
To be the world's leading organization at empowering students, individuals and organizations to boost well-being, find meaning, maximize potential and become champions of prosocial behavior through the practical application of Positive Psychology.
Mission:
To deliver research-based training, coaching, counseling, and consulting to students, individuals, organizations, and institutions rooted in the science of Positive Psychology to achieve results and lead a more meaningful and flourishing life.
Our Core Values:
Create the DNA of how we operate our business, cultivate partnerships, and most importantly how we empower our clients.
Integrity
We believe that having a strong moral code ensures that we always strive to do the right thing.
Kindness
Kindness and generosity are the first steps in making a positive impact in the world. The desire to always give others, be of resource to them, and spreading love is what makes the world a better place.
Humility
The ability to recognize our own faults and mistakes paired up with recognizing that one can learn from every single person will lead to a greater power of positive influence.
Self Control
The ability to be aware of our emotions and impulses in difficult or time sensitive situations will assist in conflict resolution and problem solving.
Compassion
There are three parts to compassion:
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Being able to feel and understand the struggle or tough circumstances of others.
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Having a strong desire to help improve or alleviate them.
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Creating an action plan to do it, are the keys to achieving flourishing communities.
Joy
Experiencing authentic job doesn't always have to be reflected outward, rather it is always a feeling of satisfaction and pleasure deep inside of us that gives us a sense of security and purpose in our life.
Our Founder
Sebastián Matta-Diaz
Masters in Applied Positive Psychology
Sebastián is a first-generation immigrant from Colombia who's had the great pleasure of living, studying, and working in 3 countries that are all very culturally different (Colombia, US, and China), enhancing his cultural awareness, and most importantly, learning about and from a very diverse group of people and cultures.
He is the Founder of Lifted By The People, a consultancy that is rooted on helping students, individuals, communities and organizations to boost mental well-being, find meaning, and maximize their full potential via the evidenced-based science of Positive Psychology. He is also the Founder of the Dish Network Employee Wellbeing Group and has over 7 years of experience in Learning and Development, which includes consulting on, designing, and running professional development programs and workshops at the corporate level and k-14 education.
He specializes in the following areas: Individual Mental & Organizational Well-being, Emotional Intelligence, Motivation & Evidence-Based Goal Setting, Finding Meaning, Self-Acceptance, Maximizing Strengths, Resilience, Positive Interpersonal Relationships, Mindfulness, Reducing Burnout, and Employee Engagement.
His programs and coaching are not just the culmination of his lived professional and personal experiences but rather are founded on the research that he completed during and after his Master's degree in Applied Positive Psychology and his Bachelor's degree in International Relations.