Getting Happy with Dr. Aymee: you could be happy

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

How To Be Always Happy :-)!

Can you be happy no matter what your circumstances may be?

What if you were Ugly, Poor & Divorced, could you still be happy?

Or what if you were seriously injured, or a loved one took their own life, could you still be happy?

Watch my interview of Brad Morris to see how Brad responded to some such tough life challenges with happiness, and how you can too!

Make sure you watch the interview all the way to the end to learn a really fun and easy 2 minute meditation that will help you achieve inner peace and happiness :-).

Need more help learning how to be always happy? Visit my self-help store!

Let me know what you liked in this blog, what you'd like to see different, or more/less off in the comments box below :)!

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Dr. Aymee Coget, a widely-known happiness expert, has more than 15 years of experience in positive psychology. Through the Happiness Makeover™, a program developed by Coget, she teaches people how to achieve happiness and handle life's challenges. She also serves as CEO and founder of the American Happiness Association, a science-backed nonprofit designed to educate individuals and organizations about how to be happier, and was nominated for CNN Hero of the Year in 2011.

Friday, May 18, 2012

How To Discover Your Perfect Happy Profession :-)

When I was reflecting on “What do I want to be when I grow up?” I realized two of my strengths were talking and listening to people. Then I realized that, wait a minute, everyone is not good at those things. Hhhhhhmmmmm I also enjoy working with people more than animals, the earth, plants, electronics, etc. And I care about people living happier lives. I believe that the state of our world would be different if more human beings were happy! And so you have it! Aymee the sustainable happiness expert!

If you want to be able to create your happy profession, you have to be in touch with what you care about, what you are passionate about and what comes naturally for you, something which is determined through your strengths. Thanks to Dr. Jason Berman, we know that when we have strengths as part of our self-concept, we are happier. So think about how you can use your strengths to be happier in a work context.

If you are unsure about what your strengths are, go to the website www.authentichappiness.com, where you can take the VIA Signature Strengths Survey to find your top strengths.

I want you to take the information you find out from that survey and write down your top five strengths. Then make a chart on a Piece of Paper and BRAINSTORM!

Top 5 Strengths	Behaviors related to those strengths	Skills related to those behaviors	Activities related to those behaviors and skills

Need more help with creating your happy profession? Then visit my self-help store for some great tools :)!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

How To Find Your Passion & Live With Zest :-)!

How many people do you know that are passionate? Most likely not very many. What does the word Passion mean anyway? Passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling.

Sometimes when I am at cocktail parties, to skip the small talk, I will ask my new friend what they are passionate about. It is interesting to see the responses. Sometimes the answer is dull and boring because the person is not in touch with their passion. However, now they are thinking about it… and if the person does have people, places, things, activities, or causes they are passionate about, their energy totally shifts into the excitement of sharing their passion!

Passion helps us live a zestful life. And zest is one of the five top strengths to build and achieve sustainable happiness!

To gauge what you are passionate about start logging down when you experience an intense emotion. Who was there, what were you talking about, and why did you respond so intensely?

Go on, take some time now to reflect on the last time you felt an extreme emotion and describe the situation in writing -- Who was there? What were you talking about? Describe which extreme emotion you were feeling at the time? Why did you feel so emotionally connected to the situation?

Considering the answers to your questions above, what are you passionate about?

You can repeat the process for reflecting on other times you can remember experiencing extreme emotions. Or going forward you can start a passion journal and start logging the situations you experience identifying things/people/topics that ignite intense emotions in you, whether they are positive or negative to increase your awareness about what exactly you are passionate about.

If you need more help getting in touch with your passions and living a zestful life, visit my self-help store :-)!