General Categories Arts and Humanities Automotive Business Computer Family and Home Finance Food and Drink Health and Fitness Internet Legal Politics Recreation and Sport Reference and Education Reviews Self Improvement Society Technology Travel and Leisure Writing All Categories More Link to Us Privacy Policy Terms of Service Submission Guidelines Search uPublish.info opens in new window	Maurine Patten's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest How Do You Want This Year To Be? What do you want in your personal life and career for this year? Research in Positive Psychology suggests that how you think about yourself and your situation will impact your results. Before you decide what you hope for or what you want to be optimistic about, you need to discover what is important to you. What is important determines your values. Completing the suggestions will set you on a path that will help make your hopes a reality. How Do You Want Your Holidays To Be? This is the season of Hope, Peace, Love, and Joy. How you approach this last month of the year will depend on your attitude. Negatives do happen in life. It is possible to recognize when they are happening without letting yourself dwell on them. Keeping a positive frame of mind during stressful times is important. Discover how it is possible to be hopeful and resilient as you deal with challenges Will Gratitude Boost Your Happiness? It is easy to think from a scarcity mindset and yearn for times when life was better. However, continuing to do either of these things is not helpful. Gratitude connects you to goodness. Discover the many benefits of gratitude. Learn what the obstacles to gratitude are and how to feel more grateful. Specific ideas are given for practicing gratitude so that can experience emotional prosperity. Are You Resilient? Resilience is the ability to maintain stable, healthy levels of psychological and physical functioning in the face of loss or stress from disruptive events. It is a skill that can be learned - even at an early age. Discover how your thoughts and beliefs affect your resilience. The way you choose to cope with what cannot be changed makes the difference in how resilient you can be. You can regain yo What Positive Psychology Can Do For You The term Positive Psychology was basically unknown five years ago. Now there are books, newspaper and magazine articles mentioning how we can be happier and live a more meaningful life based on the research from Positive Psychology. Chris Peterson, author of "A Primer in Positive Psychology", speaks about what has been learned about how to have a meaningful life. Learn how a more satisfying life i 6 Proven Secrets for Effective Goals Positive Psychology research indicates that there is value in setting goals. Learn how goals direct your attention by clarifying where you are going and motivate you to take action when you follow six proven secrets for effective goal setting. Think of a goal as a dream with a deadline. Start by looking at the possibilities in your life. Choose something that is meaningful, uses your strengths, an Too Busy? Try These 6 Tips People talk about not having enough time to get things done they need or want to do. While being busy makes you feel important and needed, it can fool you. Discover 6 tips that will help you manage your time more effectively. Authors Loehr and Schwartz stress the need to balance expending and renewing your energy to be at your best. Following one or more of these tips, you wil find that you are ac 3 Principles Of Success Success is personal. When you are successful with something, you are pleased with the outcome. Principles are guidelines to help you achieve something that is important. They simplify data so that you do not get overwhelmed. Following three principles of success from personal development experts will help you keep steadily moving forward so that you will achieve the success you are striving for. Do You Want to Be Wiser? Wisdom is defined as judging rightly and following the soundest course of action. Some researchers believe it is a "master" strength which guides your other strengths. It is learned through experience, not taught. Wisdom grows by the successful resolution of crises and hardships. Choose from a checklist of ways to improve practical wisdom. You will benefit by having an increased sense of calmness Use This Checklist To Increase Your Happiness It is possible to be happier. On-going research in the area of Positive Psychology is helping to identify thinking and behavior patterns of happy people. The good news is that forty percent of your happiness level depends on choices you make. Learn which choices will enhance your happiness level. Use the included checklist to discover what you are currently doing and what you might want to add to How to Live a Meaningful Life? Living a meaningful life is possible. The search for meaning and purpose in your life is essential for you to thrive. It is important to feel needed, appreciated, and noticed for good mental health. Meaning comes from using your strengths to achieve your purpose. Discover how to determine your pupose and choose meaningful activities. It will increase your sense of well-being and fulfillment. You, Too, Can Enhance Your Relationships Having healthy relationships is an important sign of Emotional Intelligence. Learn how to express caring, appreciation, and/or love to the people who are special to you by discovering how to use Gary Chapman's Love Languages. Six tips will help you become more proficient in using love languages with your partner, friends, coworkers or children to build trust, heal past hurts, provide a sense of se 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. Do You Know the Key Ingredient to Make Your Holiday Season Bright? Numerous religious holidays will be celebrated during a 6 week period in December and January. One ingredient, in the form of a character strength, can make your holiday bright. That strenth is spirituality which can be seen as a search for the sacred. No matter what your religious beliefs are, you can deepen your character strength of spirituality by following some of the suggestions to make this Do You Need to Balance Your Life? Living in a world that keeps changing almost faster than time itself, can cause a time crunch to get things done. To avoid being overwhelmed, it is important to strive for balance and stay focused. However, focusing on something can cause you to lose the sense of balance in your life. There is a way to consider what needs to be done and how each item is tied to your values. Six additional suggesti The Route to Happiness Research indicates happiness can be learned or increased. It is something you make happen. Seligman defines 3 types of happiness that can lead to a pleasant life, a good life, and/or a meaningful life. Having all three leads to a full life. Positive emotions broaden your intellectual, physical, and social resources. Follow the route to happiness by learning the important internal states which can 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 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 b 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. 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 questio Are You Stuck? How do you know if you are stuck? There are 5 symptoms of being stuck. Each has a remedy that can help you reach your goal. It is important to have good self-awareness, to be honest with yourself, and listen to feedback from people you respect. Discover if you have any of the symptoms of stuck performance and the appropriate remedy. If noticed at an early stage, there are steps you can take to beg Sharpening Professional Effectiveness Emotional Intelligence (EI) may determine as much as 80% of a person's life success. It influences success in four areas of life: productivity, health, relationships, and quality of life. It determines who excels in a given job and is the basis for outstanding leadership. Upbeat moods boost cooperation, fairness, and performance. EI is learned and can be retained through motivation, effort, practi How Emotional Intelligence Creates Effective Leaders Important research indicates the connection between Emotional Intelligence and effective leadership styles. The key to being effective lies in learning to handle yourself and your relationships in a positive manner. This includes Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Coaching supports and enriches the process. Baby Boomers: 6 Major Issues You Need To Address In Retirement Planning Are you planning to retire in the 21st Century? Discover the six major issues you need to address before retiring. In addition to understanding your finances, there are five more reasons to plan ahead for this next exciting stage in your life.	Publish for Free Sign Up For Free Learn More Authors and Writers Submit Articles Submission Guidelines Link to Us Member Login Publishers Article RSS Feeds Link to Us Contact Us Article Aids U Publish Store Article Directories Word Count Utility Search U Publish by: Keyword

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