Gunvor Marie Dyrdal's Linkedin Analytics

I am a mother, a founder and business owner, an illuminator, mindfulness teacher, happiness researcher, psychologist and a human being out to help people and organizations create happier, more purpose filled, and thriving lives through living more consciously. I love people, networking, development, and growth. My aim is to provide individuals, groups, and organizations with the tools, knowledge, structure, and community to enable change. My ultimate goal is to contribute to flourishing individuals, groups, communities, organizations, and countries. I am a people-person, with a large network. As a clinical psychologist I want to enable change and human growth so we cal all reach out fullest potential. However, being human also means there will be rainy days and storms. I also want to name these, to encourage openness and want to shine the light on the dark places, so when you reach your ears place you know you are not alone and that there is a network or a community for you to reach out to. I shine the light on childhood emotional neglect (CEN), the effect of toxic relationships, everyday problems, depression, anxiety, and divorce / life changes. As a happiness researcher I also want to shine my light on character strength, values, goals, and midset to foster sustainable change and development. I have extensive experience in organizational- and leadership development, and help organizations, groups, and individuals to grow and develop through discovering and building on their strengths and unrealized potential. My long-term experience using mindfulness-based approaches, my use of strength-based perspectives and positive psychological practices creates a sustainable businesses where people are valued, seen and heard. I love entrepreneurship and business development, I have international experience and collaborators, love teamwork, creative processes, and new challenges. I have a Ph.D. in positive psychology and am a sertified MBSR and MBCT teacher (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Therapy). I am a clinical psychologist with long experience in couples-, family and individual therapy. Engaged in developing and expanding the knowledge and use of mindfulness and mindfulness-based approaches in Norway, through establishing the Norwegian Senter for Mindfulness. As an academic, I am initiating research on the effects of mindfulness, exploring well-being, its correlates and consequences, and using the framework of positive psychology in enhancing human potential for growth and wellbeing.