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Maurine Patten's Articles in General Self Help

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  • Do You Want More Vitality?
    Vitality has to do with our feeling of energy or aliveness. It correlates strongly with satisfaction with life, happiness, and well-being. It indicates optimal human functioning. Discover the factors that contribute to higher levels and how to increase your vitality.
  • Do You Want a Beautiful Life?
    Your life is more than days and years. It is what you do with your time and how closely your choices match your values. How do you manage the surprises in life? Focusing on emotional and mental well-being, you are encouraged to become aware of your purpose for being here and to follow five suggestions for making your life beautiful.
  • Do You Want to Build Your Emotional Strength?
    Life is not always fair. It can be hard to know who and what to trust because we live in an imperfect world. One thing you can do is build your emotional strength. Even when you cannot control a situation or influence those who do, you can choose to manage yourself. The way you choose to cope makes the difference. It is possible to build your emotional strength and live an engaging and meaningful life by following these recommendations.
  • Do You Need Leisure Time?
    The choices you make in how you spend your leisure time can increase your level of happiness and enrich your participation in the flow of life. Having time for leisure is a basic human need. Life without leisure depletes you quickly. All leisure activities are not the same. Learn which leisure activities increase meaning and which lead to apathy. The choices you make have the potential to recharge and renew you.
  • Do You Want To Stop Being a Workaholic?
    There is a need to have balance in your life for good physical, mental, and emotional health. Some people have a difficult time giving themselves a chance to recharege, reflect and be playful. They work long hours and weekends. Take the satisfaction with life scale; discover if you are a true workaholic. Learn what strategies you can use to lead a more balanced life, enhance your sense of well-being and increase your energy.
  • Unlocking the Secrets of Happiness
    Do you want to increase your happiness set point and avoid the hedonic treadmill? In the past, researchers believed your level of happiness was 50-80% inherited. New research indicates that with commitment and effort, you can influence 40% of your happiness. When you are happy, there are social, mental, and physical benefits. Learn specific things that will increase your level of happiness and move your set point higher over time.
  • Do You Want To Ask Powerful Questions?
    We all ask questions on a daily basis. Some you direct to others and some to yourself. If you want to get the best answer to your questions, you need to be sure you have asked the right questions. Some words have more power than others. A good question provides the information you need and satisfies three requirements. If change and action are what you are looking for, asking more powerful questions can alter your perception and attitude.
  • What You Need Before You Are Motivated
    It is wonderful to feel motivated. In contrast, you probably have had times of feeling unmotivated. While different people are motivated by a variety of things, there are three decisions you can make that will help you be fully motivated. If you find it difficult to make one or more of these decisions, there are small, beginining steps you can take to move you in the right direction.
  • Create a Meaningful Life
    Most people want their life to be meaningful. Sometimes you may struggle finding what will give you that special feeling of meaning. To begin, consider the conditions necessary to give meaning "within" life by answering two important questions. In addition, consider the three conditions Jonathan Haidt describes needed for feelings of meaning to exist. By establishing these three conditions, life becomes more meaningful.
  • Do You Know the Key Ingredients to Feel Fulfilled?
    During the last 5 years there is increasing evidence supporting the association of happiness/fulfillment with life and being able to use your strengths. Now, there is information which tells us which strengths are necessary and the ingredients the brain needs to experience fulfillment. Do you have these five strengths? If you are not strong in these strengths, it is possible to increase them, and find the key to increasing your fulfillment.
  • Do You Want To End A Tough Year With Gratitude?
    Are you looking forward to the New Year? New research points to gratitude as a key to your health and happiness. Robert Emmons book, Thanks! (2007)sheds light on the benefits of gratitude. For a life changing experience, specific suggestions from Positive Psychology research are given to help you tune into what is good in your life.
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