Tag Archives: positive psychology

Promoting Happiness

Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by .

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A workbook to help you appreciate and get the most out of your life Promoting Happiness has been created to help you live a happy, healthy, balanced life. Through using this workbook you can learn to have a better outlook on your life, both past and present. It covers many different areas, from your work [...]

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Happiness Books

Happiness Books

Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by .

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Take a look at the following happiness and wellbeing books written by Julia Barnard. Promoting Happiness: a workbook to help you appreciate and get the most out of your life. Promoting Happiness has been created to help you live a happy, healthy, balanced life. Through using this workbook you can learn to have a better [...]

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Happy Mails

Happy Mails

Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by .

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Happy Mails have been designed to bring some happiness into your life as you reflect on yourself and the world around you. They are a means of engaging your thoughts, feelings and actions, so you can develop an optimistic outlook on your life. By working through each Happy Mail, hopefully you will come to appreciate [...]

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About

About

Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by .

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Make the Change is a wellbeing and happiness website brought to you by counsellor and author Julia Barnard. As you browse through the site you will find numerous articles intended to give your wellbeing a boost. Julia writes summaries of recent which she hopes the reader can apply to their own life. She has also [...]

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Optimism in childhood and beyond

Optimism in childhood and beyond

Posted on 23. Sep, 2009 by .

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Optimism is a way of thinking about the world. It is a great way of coping with life’s difficulties and challenges. Fortunately it is something we can all learn at any stage of life. However teaching it to your children now means they will see immediate benefits and it is something they can take into [...]

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Positive Psychology and Counselling

Positive Psychology and Counselling

Posted on 23. Jun, 2009 by .

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 is an ever growing branch of psychology and since its ethos is about getting the most out of life, I believe it can be readily used in counselling. For many years psychology has focused on looking at problems and seeing if anything can be done about this. As a result so much focus seems to [...]

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Laugh, laugh, laugh: the benefits are many

Laugh, laugh, laugh: the benefits are many

Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by .

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If there’s one thing you should do today to boost your wellbeing, it’s have a good laugh. It feels good to laugh and benefits you in many different ways. This article will look at those many benefits and offer tips to ensure you get more laughter in your life. Physiological benefits Many studies have looked [...]

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The Positive Psychology of Gratitude

The Positive Psychology of Gratitude

Posted on 15. Mar, 2009 by .

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Gratitude is about having an awareness of and appreciation for the good things in your life and not taking them for granted. It is about acknowledging the  of others. As such, it helps us recognise that we are not solitary creatures and that others have helped and supported us along the way. Gratitude is an [...]

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Small Things Bring Happiness

Small Things Bring Happiness

Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by .

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Each year you look forward to your yearly vacation. It’s something in the future that is a glimmer of light in a routine that you are exhausted from. Yet it seems a shame to be saving up happiness for a once a year thing (and then get disappointed because that perfect vacation doesn’t pan out [...]

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Exercise and flow experience

Exercise and flow experience

Posted on 02. Sep, 2008 by .

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As part of my regular  routine I keep a written record of my workouts. I use these to record the progress I am making, where work still needs doing as well as how much I enjoyed the workout. I was looking through some entries recently and noticed how often I would write ‘a fun workout’, [...]

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