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Identify a time in your life when you felt you were ‘at your best’. What did it feel like? Why was it such a good experience, i.e. what were the key qualities of the experience? What did you do to make it such a good experience (if anything)? Using a creative medium of your choice (drawing, sketching, painting, poetry, prose, photography, etc.), create an image that captures the essence of the experience.

Figure 5.1 ‘Flourishing in transition’.

Source: Brendan McCormack

This image created by one of us (Brendan) expresses his experience of flourishing at a particular stage in his life – a time of significant transition (Figure 5.1). The painting has a central source of energy and four quadrants, each expressing different conditions that enhanced or hindered his flourishing at that point in time. The picture as a whole, however, shows the balance of different energies and all of them working together to create a holistic picture of his experience at that time. Each element has particular meaning for Brendan and came to life as he connected with the flow of creating the image and the intuitive connections arising. The image gives some insight into the dynamic nature of flourishing and its many shapes and energies.