Action for happiness is a personal development and work program designed to improve your mental and emotional wellbeing. It focuses on improving your skills for happiness and success in everyday life. The authors, Richard Layard and Geoff Mulgan have a combined thirty-seven years in delivering successful executive coaching and mentoring programs. They have also worked with many leading politicians, business leaders, and celebrities. They aim to offer an alternative to the often superficial and ineffective types of counseling and therapy that many people turn to for help. They recognize that most people have a need to find effective and meaningful ways to change their lives and make them more positive.
Read MoreFinancial advisors play an important role in retirement planning. An advisor's job is to provide sound financial advice to the senior citizens and younger persons. An eligible financial advisor can retire with a full pension after retirement.One of the things that make financial advisors different from other professionals is that they have to take care of their emotions. They need to be detached from their emotions and only to think of the task at hand. Many financial advisors get on emotionally when they are having a bad day. If they lose their cool, they could lose their license to practice. As soon as they show their professionalism and determination to succeed they will find employment at many different financial institutions.
Read MoreFinding a person online that intrigues you enough to pursue an online relationship is difficult. Once you have found that person you need to revisit the age old issues of developing that relationship. In many respects, some may say that online relationships are easier than in person relationships. But, in reality it is pretty much the same, just a little bit more removed. Dating tips are essentially the same, but they are a little more subtle then if you are face-to-face.
Read MoreRecent research reveals that brain function improves with regular exercise. Dr. William Pelham, PhD, a professor at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Clinical Psychology School, who has written books on memory and brain function, says that mental exercise helps people improve their memory. Dr. Pelham has shared mental fitness and memory improvement tips in his articles and blog.
Read MorePsychological stress wreaks havoc on your body and mind. For instance, chronic stress is related to increased risk for heart disease, depression and many infectious diseases. Consider how stress may affect your ability to fight off a virus like COVID-19. Until recently, however, it was unclear just how stress affects health and disease. Stress has always been present in our lives, whether we're aware of it or not.
Read MoreStress is a pervasive problem in the United States and around the world. These are scary times only complicated by COVID-19 and social unrest. In the U.S., a 2012 study completed by the American Psychological Association revealed important data.
For the “Stress in America” study, 2,020 adults from 18 to 67 years and older were surveyed.
These following results are particularly worrisome. Lifestyle and behavior are the cause of many challenges to the strained health care system.
Read MoreIt is well known that exercise and physical activity of any kind is healthy. Any exercise is better than no exercise. Physical activity increases positive mood and energy. Weight, stress and blood pressure are decreased. Attention, focus, alertness and motivation to accomplish other goals are enhanced by exercise.
Read MoreA major stressful life transition is the loss of a loved one or significant other. While bereavement, grief and mourning are often used interchangeably, they are really defined differently. Bereavement refers to having lost a significant other to death. Grief refers to your personal reaction or response to the loss of the significant other. Whereas Mourning is the public expression of that loss such as a funeral or wake.
Read MoreAre you returning to work after a planned or unplanned leave? Returning to work after parental leave or another break can be challenging. You may be feeling anxious about how to make that life transition as smooth as possible. At this point, it is best to make clarifying your goals, objectives, values a priority.
Read MoreRetirement plans need to include a psychological portfolio not just a financial portfolio. Retirement concerns include boredom. Here are 5 tips to help you combat boredom in retirement.
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