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| Introduction | |
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| Your Happiness Prescription | |
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| Happiness Doesn't Mean Always Being Happy | |
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| Happiness Is Like Playing Golf | |
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| How To Use Your Happiness Prescription | |
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| Your Happiness Assessment | |
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| Your Happiness Score | |
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| Appreciation: Appreciate and Be Grateful for What You Have | |
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| The Diagnosis: Wearing negativity blinders | |
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| Your Prescription: Be thankful | |
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| Belief: Believe in Yourself | |
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| The Diagnosis: Low Self-Esteem | |
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| Your Prescription: Enhance your self-confidence | |
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| Creativity: Using Creativity to Bring Contentment | |
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| The Diagnosis: Stuck in a rut | |
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| Your Prescription: Flex your creative muscles | |
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| Definitions: Optimize How You Define Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Not being realistic | |
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| Your Prescription: Redefine yourself | |
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| Exercise: Exercise Your Way to Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Inactivity | |
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| Your Prescription: Get started and stay motivated | |
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| Forgiveness: Forgive Yourself and Others | |
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| The Diagnosis: Holding a grudge | |
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| Your Prescription: Find the strength to forgive | |
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| Goals: Establish Goals to Prioritize and Achieve Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Lack of purpose | |
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| Your Prescription: Set and achieve goals | |
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| Humor: Get More Laughter and Fun into Your Life | |
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| The Diagnosis: Being too serious | |
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| Your Prescription: Learn to laugh again | |
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| Inspiration: Be Inspired to Make the Best out of Every Situation | |
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| The Diagnosis: Lack of inspiration | |
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| Your Prescription: Find your own inspiring voice | |
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| Journaling: Write Out Your Experiences | |
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| The Diagnosis: No self-reflection | |
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| Your Prescription: Writing to change your life | |
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| Kindness: Be Kind to others and Reap the Benefits Yourself | |
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| The Diagnosis: A need for more kind acts | |
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| Your Prescription: Give the gift of unconditional kindness | |
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| Love: Love Your Friends and Family | |
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| The Diagnosis: Insufficient social support | |
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| Your Prescription: Cultivate a loving support network | |
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| Mindfulness: Enjoy What's Happening Right Now | |
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| The Diagnosis: Faulty focus | |
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| Your Prescription: Live in the present | |
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| Nutrition: Eat Your Way to Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Poor eating habits | |
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| Your Prescription: Eat the right foods | |
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| Optimism: Be Optimistic and Realistic | |
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| The Diagnosis: Pessimistic lenses | |
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| Your Prescription; Learn to see the glass as realistically half-full | |
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| Problem Solving: Address Problems Head-On | |
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| The Diagnosis: Avoiding the issues | |
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| Your Prescription: Tackle the issues | |
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| Questions: Spend Time Questioning Your Thoughts | |
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| The Diagnosis: Unhelpful automatic thoughts | |
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| Your Prescription: Learn to question your thoughts | |
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| Relaxation: Relax Your Way to Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Being stressed out | |
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| Your Prescription: Prioritize daily relaxation | |
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| Songs: Use Music to Make Yourself Happy | |
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| The Diagnosis: No rhythm | |
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| Your Prescription: Rejoice in music | |
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| Talking: Talk Your Way to Satisfaction | |
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| The Diagnosis: Being passive or aggressive | |
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| Your Prescription: Be assertive | |
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| Understanding: Understand, Accept and Embrace Change | |
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| The Diagnosis: Resisting change | |
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| Your Prescription: Accept and embrace change | |
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| Values: Apply Your Values and Leverage Your Strengths | |
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| The Diagnosis: Forgetting your values and not leveraging your strengths | |
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| Your Prescription: Use your gifts | |
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| Win-Wins: Find Win-Win Solutions in Every Situation | |
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| The Diagnosis: Being overly competitive | |
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| Your Prescription: Find balance with win-wins | |
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| eXamine Your Soul: Use Spirituality to Find Hope and Happiness | |
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| The Diagnosis: Emptiness from a lack of spirituality | |
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| Your Prescription: Invoke healthy spirituality for a happier life | |
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| You Time: Prioritize Time to Take Care of You | |
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| The Diagnosis: Self neglect | |
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| Your Prescription: Find more "you time" | |
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| ZZZ: Get Your Sleep | |
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| The Diagnosis: Sleep walking through the day | |
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| Your Prescription: Find your "zzzs" | |
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| Your Ultimate Happiness Rx | |
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| Take the Happiness Challenge | |
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| Share the Wealth | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Bonus | |