![]() Not only is that impossible, but it’s also unhealthy. It’s a state of mind, and you don’t need to be in it every moment of every day. We are taught that, once we finally find it, we’ll be forever satisfied in our lives, and so we live feeling overwhelmed and inadequate, chasing this dream, never stopping to question if it is, in fact, flawed. Most of us are led to believe that happiness is a final destination - one that can be reached if we make the right choices, learn from our mistakes, and keep pushing forward. This entry was posted in Misc and tagged neuropsych-sidebar. The same client asked, “Can I bounce a ball against the wall when I meditate? It helps me clear my mind.” “If your Mom lets you, of course you can!”.“Can I draw a picture of the positive story? I don’t like to write,” asked one 9-year-old client.I have taught this to 5 year olds and 75 year olds, and everyone likes it!.For me, this exercise was life changing.But this challenge FORCED ME to search for things throughout my day that were positive stories and for things to be grateful for or appreciative of, and thus changed the lens through which I saw the world. For me, after Day 10 I had a HARD TIME coming up with three different things I was grateful for EVERY DAY, and when I had a bad day, I had a hard time coming up with a positive story.For me, it helped me stick to the exercise by emailing my #1’s and #2’s to a friend.This does not have to be something difficult, make it an easy thing to fit into your day. Do one conscious random act of kindness each day.Meditation is a great way to clear your mind of its preoccupations, eliminating any stress and anxiety that builds up throughout the day. Exercise helps to change neurotransmitters and alter your mindset. Write a journal entry about a positive event that happened to you that day.Three different things for each of the 21 days! At the end of each day think of three things for which you are grateful or appreciative.Can we make happiness into a habit? Let’s try!įor 21 days do these 5 things, every day, and I guarantee YOU WILL BE HAPPIER! ![]() Here’s the idea… It takes 21 days to change a habit. His ideas about happiness are very accessible for people of all age groups, and I’d like to share them with you, too! Achor’s ideas and applying some of them to my own life. I have even begun sharing them with clients in therapy sessions. I had been working with my clients for years to change the way they think in order to change their emotional response to events and thus their actions. The idea of doing something to become happier intrigued me. ![]() It is something that comes over us, but is it a general state of being? Could we achieve more in our lives if we started from a place of happiness rather than a place of chasing happiness? These are all questions asked and answered in Mr. Most people I know base their happiness on their achievements and rewards that kind of happiness is often fleeting, though, or off in the distance. the ability of the brain to change and reorganize in response to behavior, memory, development, learning, and environmental influences) to our advantage. We can make ourselves be happier by using our brain’s neuroplasticity (i.e. We can change our brain through practice. Achor’s theory is that happiness is something we can achieve by doing, something we can actively pursue, something our brain can learn. But what can we do about making happiness a habit? Isn’t happiness just something that happens out of our control? Something you are or aren’t? How can we teach happiness? Happiness is something that we all wish for ourselves, and especially for our children. Yes…he teaches a class on happiness to Harvard students. He is an alumnus of Harvard University who has taught a class called “The Happiness Class”. ![]() The ideas were intriguing and, for me, life changing. I had never heard of Positive Psychology. ![]() “Wait!! Hold up!!,” I shouted, “Please restart that from the beginning!”. From the kitchen, I overheard an engaging man speaking about Positive Psychology. I was home with my teenage son, who was serially watching TED talks on his computer. It all started way back in the summer of 2013.
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