A Novel Calling Intervention for Career Development and Well-Being
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positive intervention
higher education
students
positive psychology
authenticity
purpose
meaning
strengths
Educational Psychology
Other Psychology
School Psychology
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
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Callings describe work that serves a cause greater than oneself and provides meaning and purpose in life. Living a calling at work has been linked with a number of positive outcomes including well-being, intrinsic motivation, and life satisfaction. In this capstone, I describe a career and professional development class at a major university designed to help professional, graduate and postdoctoral students, predominantly in biomedical disciplines, find more meaning and purpose through callings. The class incorporates classic career counseling concepts with a calling framework that includes self-awareness, authentic purpose, and strengths. This capstone provides an overview of the course and a qualitative summary of student feedback.