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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
More emails -

Happiness striving to be perfect

Happiness self healing

Happiness change way you approach life

Secrets of happy families - mainly a book?? -

Despite what you might have heard (or felt), marriage is one of life’s most proven routes to happiness. The happier people are in their marriages, the happier their families tend to be.

So, if marriage is so important to families, how should you get more happiness out of the one you’re in?

According to Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, every person has a primary love language.

4 Secrets of Happy Families and How You Can Apply Them |

Cheers!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
As Sufi mystic Llewllyn Vaughan-Lee comments,

"Spiritual work takes many different forms. Inner purification is an important preliminary work, which involves changing patterns of our behavior and freeing ourself from attitudes and responses that interfere with our aspirations. Psychological inner work is part of this process—confronting the “shadow,” the repressed, rejected and unacknowledged parts of our psyche; accepting our wounds; and transforming psychological dynamics and patterns of conditioning. Only when we have gained a degree of inner harmony and emptiness can we hear the voice of our higher Self, and learn to discriminate between inner guidance and the desires of the ego."

Comes from this site -

https://lonerwolf.com/shadow-work-demons/

All the best!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Optimist creed - I forgot which site was best ... then found this at Meant to be happy -

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others

Here is the rest of the creed! plus a few further thoughts about it ... :)

That site has a bunch of other stuff for leading a more meaningful & positive life -

For example - a collection of happy posts to their blog!

Also the happier human site! has some reflections on the creed
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Expert advice on happiness -

Training Your Brain

Being happier starts with priming your brain to think happier or positive thoughts. “Whether you like it or not, facts are facts. You might not enjoy the fact you’re facing but you can control your emotional response to it. Do it with a positive attitude and you’ll get through it a lot quicker than if you agonize and lament over it,” says Michael Anthony, author of the e-book How to be Happy and Have Fun Changing the World.

More at this site -

Come On, Get Happy | Being Happier | First 30 Days

:)
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Don’t chase happiness. It’s important to accept that it is usually fleeting. A lot of us spend our lives trying to repeat or recreate the moments when we were happiest. If you do get to experience real happiness, enjoy it, savour it, appreciate it for what it is rather than trying to extend it in a deliberate way. If you spend a lot of time trying to chase the circumstances that made you feel that way, you are bound to feel let down and will miss opportunities to appreciate – or even notice – the best parts of the present.

How to be happy: expert advice

:)
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
From Tiny Buddha -

(for optimist thread?)

Allowing myself to be a work in progress

I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to always know what I’m doing and never make mistakes. I’ve missed opportunities to try something new because I was so afraid of looking silly. I’ve given up on things I want to do because I couldn’t do them as well as I thought I should.

Being a beginner is just plain uncomfortable, but we all have to start somewhere. I’m learning that my value doesn’t come from getting everything right the first time. Instead, it’s the mistakes and failures and trying again that help me learn and grow.

I can be proud of myself for being willing to practice again and again. It’s the baby steps, tiny changes, and consistent willingness to try again that develop the qualities I hope to embody.

Accept and Value Yourself: 11 Ways to Embrace Who You Are - Tiny Buddha

Check-out their menus as well - it is a huge site!

Enjoy!

:)
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Happiness respect other people's opinions -

This one was vaguely related -

Accept yourself

You are an individual with your own unique looks, features, values, traits, abilities and personality. Respecting yourself involves loving and accepting yourself as you are and being comfortable in your own skin.

No one is perfect, and neither are you.

Therefore don’t look down on yourself because you think you are not rich enough, not tall enough, not the right weight, don’t drive the right car and so on.

Don’t wait until you lose weight or get a spouse or get that job or buy a house in order to start loving and respecting yourself. Love the person you are and do not be apologetic about it, even as you work to improve aspects of yourself that you feel you need to improve.

Happiness is not a destination, so don’t think you will be happier once you buy a car or a house. You can be happy with what you have now, and that starts with accepting and respecting yourself for who you are.

This is Why Self-Respect is Crucial for Happiness

Cheers!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Happiness mental strength -a few? -

Happiness is not just focusing on the positives all the time.

Happiness is focusing on the positives, but it’s also about dealing with the negatives – and this requires mental flexibility and mental strength (or resilience).

If this is something you think you’d like more of, then check out these 12 simple exercises…

Dr Happy | Become more mentally flexible and boost your mental strength

Also look at their resources menu! Loads of free "stuff"!

:)
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
In my previous article, I outlined a number of insights about happiness that feature in Sonja Lyubomirski’s book ‘The How of Happiness’. Today’s article expands on this topic, describing 12 strategies she has derived from scientific research that, when implemented correctly, will make us feel happier. You will notice that what they have in common is that they are extremely simple and practical. And the great thing about them is that you can start applying them straight away, irrespective of the phase of life you’re in. Becoming happier or not is something you have control over; are you going to take action or not? Note: Lyubomirski advises against implementing all 12 strategies at once – start with the ones you feel most comfortable with.

For the list - click here -

12 proven strategies for becoming happy | COURIUS

Enjoy your day!

:)
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Simple habits for happiness boost -

People read you. Your face tells them your energy level and your relationship with life. Just smiling helps your attitude show through. Say hello to everyone. Ask how other people lives are going. Meet people, especially strangers. Show them you are curious about their journey so far and how it impacts on them. What has made a difference in their life? What have they discovered through their suffering and decisions? People like to be around others who are interested in them. It makes people feel you like them and they belong.

Benefit: Other people react positively to you and give you back positive too. They are more likely willing to help you. When you listen intently to their story, people feel safe. They’ll risk taking you down to the protected emotions of level three deep inside themselves. That creates intimacy and a bond of trust. It’s empowering.

How to Build Mental Strength

Cheers!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
More from that same Google search -

Books condense time, give us information, and plant the seeds of wisdom. We learn things we never would have known. We can have vicarious experiences, which allow us to have more experiences than we would have in our own restricted lives.

Benefit: Books can change you … I was working at Boeing in CNC maintenance when I started reading Will Durant’s Story of Philosophy. It influenced my life and set me on a whole different trajectory.

https://luvafoodie.com/30-simple-habits-that-promote-happiness-and-mental-strength/

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