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Accept and Move Through Your Moods to Greater Happiness

Accept and Move Through Your Moods to Greater Happiness: Feel Good Factor Tip Nine

by Patrick Holford on Monday, February 28, 2011 at 7:00pm

 

The experience of life means that we inevitably accumulate emotional tension and unresolved memories from the past. The more disturbing of these become deep-rooted negative emotional patterns that unconsciously determine how we react to the stresses of life. As healthy adults, our task is to learn from the experiences of life and to let go of the emotional patterns from the past that mess up our lives and no longer serve us. It’s not easy, and the vast majority of people deny the symptoms or anaesthetise themselves through work, TV, food, alcohol or some kind of drug, including prescribed medication.

Source: note on Facebook

Full article on Patric Holford's blog:

Our body expresses feelings we have repressed
If we store away rather than deal with negative emotions, they can manifest as physical tension and health problems, including headaches, ulcers, IBS and more serious illnesses from cancer to cardiovascular disease. Extreme emotions affect your heart function, depress the immune system and inhibit digestion.
To achieve true physical and psychological health, these underlying emotions need to be fully expressed, so that we can then learn from our experiences and move forward.
The most common difficult emotions are shades of anger, fear or sadness. Sadness is usually associated with regrets, losses and the loss of opportunities in the past. Anger is associated with not having our needs met, not being listened to, or not being understood. And fear often comes from not being able to adapt to the circumstances we are in and is associated with the fear of our loss of our sense of self; for example, the fear of going mad or dying.

How can you move on?
The first step – that of recognising and acknowledging how you really feel – isn’t easy, and good counsellors and good friends can help you. As King Lear says in Shakespeare’s play, “Who is it who can see me and tell me who I am?” It’s incredibly helpful to find someone who you trust who sees you for who you are. In my latest book, The Feel Good Factor, I share some tips for how to find a good psychotherapist or counselor.
One way to work through your thoughts on your own is to try free association journaling. To do this, set aside exactly 20 minutes a day, ideally in the morning, when you can just write down whatever comes into your mind non-stop for 20 minutes. You’ll often be surprised by what comes out, which will help you to realise the real issues fuelling any low moods.
Another approach, now widely practiced by psychotherapists in one form or another, is called MBT – mindfulness behavioural therapy. This can be very effective in helping you to find your way back to your true sense of self by allowing you to witness your thoughts, feelings and physical sensations, thereby allowing them to transform. There’s growing evidence not only that this approach is highly effective, but also that developing mindfulness actually changes brainwave patterns towards alpha and theta waves, which are consistent with a more relaxed and creative way of being.
Again, I explain this in more detail in my book, The Feel Good Factor, plus a whole range of other techniques and approaches to helping you accept and move through your moods to achieve greater contentment in your life.

A 10-step approach to feeling good
As well as looking at emotional health, The Feel Good Factor explores biochemical and nutritional solutions to finding happiness and wellbeing. Despite being released only a few weeks ago, it’s already become the number one best-seller in Ireland and is now in its second print run. To order your copy, click here.  And if you join my 100% Health Club,  you’ll receive a 20% discount on the cover price during the month of March, as well as receiving many other member benefits.

Feel Good Factor on Tour
I’m also traveling around the UK, Ireland and to the Channel Islands this month on my Feel Good Factor Tour, so check out my tour schedule to see if I’m in a location near you – that way you can hear all about the secret to feeling good from me in person.

Happiness 'helps you live longer', review of 160 studies concludes

By Andrew Hough

Friday March 04 2011

People who are happy and positive about life live longer, scientists have concluded after reviewing dozens of studies about longevity.
Researchers found "clear and compelling evidence" that happiness paves the way to better health and longer lifespans.
The review of more than 160 studies found the evidence connecting an upbeat outlook to a healthier life was even stronger than that linking obesity to reduced longevity.
It backed previous studies that found a “glass half full” approach was good for your health.

Scientists from the University of Illinois found positive moods reduced stress-related hormones and increased immune function.

Their study, published in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Wellbeing, found happiness lead to quicker recovery from exercise.
It also concluded that anxiety, depression, and pessimism were linked to higher rates of disease and a shorter lifespan.
People who felt intense anger or lived in stressful environments were more likely to be sick more often and died earlier.
“I was almost shocked, and certainly surprised, to see the consistency of the data,” said Prof Ed Diener, who lead the study.
“The general conclusion from each type of study is that your subjective wellbeing, that is, feeling positive about your life, not stressed out, not depressed, contributes to both longevity and better health among healthy populations.
“(The) overwhelming majority ... support the conclusion that happiness is associated with health and longevity."
Prof Diener noted that while current health edicts focus on obesity, smoking, eating habits and exercise "it may be time to add 'be happy and avoid chronic anger and depression' to the list."
"Happiness is no magic bullet, but the evidence is clear and compelling that it changes your odds of getting disease or dying young.”
The review looked at eight different types of long-term studies and experimental trials involving both human and animal subjects.
For example, 5,000 university students studied for more than 40 years provided evidence that the most pessimistic students tended to die younger.
In another study, based on 180 catholic nuns, researchers found those who wrote positive autobiographies in their early 20s tended to outlive those who wrote more negative accounts of their young lives.
Animals who lived in stressful conditions, such as crowded cages, had weaker immune systems and a higher susceptibility to heart disease.
They also died at a younger age than those in less crowded conditions.

- Andrew Hough

© Telegraph.co.uk

Source: Independent.ie article as posted by my friend Catherine on Facebook on the 05-Mar-2011

Scientists found positive moods reduced stress-related hormones and increased immune function. Photo: Thinkstockphotos.com

Happiness happens without money

A person's happiness is not related to their financial wealth. Yet research has shown that people believve that money is important in order to be happy. Even if you would be happy to get some money, remember that we can achieve happiness without it too!
Tip # 3 from PSI's 40 Tips for mental health posted by Shine on Facebook on 04-Mar-2011

A way of travel

Posted by Rebeca on Facebook on 04-Mar-2011