WIRING WELL-BEING THE POWER TO THRIVE ENGAGE MINDFULNESS WIRE OPTIMISM CULTIVATE COMPASSION FORGE MEANING B. BARTJA WACHTEL, LICSW, MHP LICENSED INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER VIRGINIA MASON NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE
CONSIDERING SELF-COMPASSION Compassion is the engagement of the heart-mind in recognizing pain and the greater universal pain of humanity and responding with kindness, empathy, equanimity and patience. - Dr. Willem Kuyken, Professor of Clinical Psychology - University of Exeter, UK
STRESS IMPACT ON WELL-BEING ENRICHMENT/EDUCATION THERAPEUTIC SERVICES NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS EMOTIONAL SAFETY PHYSICAL SAFETY
THE POWER OF ACCEPTING ABILITY ABILITY ABSENCE OF SUFFERING ABSENCE OF DISEASE DISABILITY
SELF-COMPASSION BREAK
STUMBLING HORRIBLY UPON OPTIMISM: LEARNED HELPLESSNESS CONTROL HELPLESS MASTERY - MARTIN SELIGMAN
OPTIMISM AND SUFFERING OPTIMISTS BELIEVE IN LIMITED PERVASIVENESS & PERMANENCE: - EXPECTATION OF THE BEST OUTCOME - CIRCUMSTANCES ARE TEMPORARY EMOTIONAL OPTIMISM PHYSICAL SUFFERING - DEVELOPED COPING PRACTICES - WAYS OF ESCAPE THROUGH DOING - SET-BACKS ARE MANAGEABLE RELATIONAL OPTIMISM SKILL BUILDING IMPROVED PHYSICAL HEALTH
WHAT OPTIMISTS HAVE GENETIC COMPONENTS (BUT DON T FORGET WE CAN REWIRE) TAKE ACTION ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL SUPPORT OPTIMISTS HAVE STRONGER BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS IMMUNE SYSTEM (FLU, COLD, LOWER CANCER RISK, ETC. CHRONIC STRESS/CRISIS RESPONSE FIBROGEN RESPONSE (BLOOD CLOTTING) HEART RATE VARIABILITY ( CARDIOVASCULAR RISK)
THIS IS NOT HAPPYOLOGY EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING MEANINGFUL HAPPINESS HIGHER PURPOSE SERVICES TO OTHERS COMMUNITY BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PH.D. DIRECTOR OF THE POSITIVE EMOTIONS & PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY @ UNIVERSITY OF NC VS. HEDONIA - IN-THE-MOMENT HAPPINESS
FORGE MEANING BUILD IDENTITY What I didn't know then, and do know now, is that avoidance and endurance can be the entryway to forging meaning. After you've forged meaning, you need to incorporate that meaning into a new identity. You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triumph, evincing a better self in response to things that hurt. Andrew Solomon, Author www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_u s_who_we_are
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THE WAY TO EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING
Positive Emotion Authentic Happiness Inventory Noticing Mind- Wandering *Three Blessings Exercise Present Moment Mindfulness or Optimism WWW.AUTHENTICHAPPINESS.COM
Engagement Life- Satisfaction Questionnaire * Green Time * Forest Bathing * Mindfulness Present moment to moment noticing. * Movement WWW.AUTHENTICHAPPINESS.COM
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Relationships Close Relationships Questionnaire * Gratitude Visit * Vunerability * Losada Ratio WWW.AUTHENTICHAPPINESS.COM
Meaning VIA Survey of Character Strengths (240 questions) * Ten-Minute Values Practice * Meaning Mindfulness (PTG) * Giving Back to Your Community WWW.AUTHENTICHAPPINESS.COM
Accomplishment GRIT Survey * Celebrate Accomplishments * Write it Down as if it Already Happened * Be Mindful of Opportunities WWW.AUTHENTICHAPPINESS.COM
NURTURE SELF-COMPASSION
MEANINGFUL HAPPINESS Whether or not we have hope depends on two dimensions of our explanatory style; pervasiveness and permanence. Martin Seligman, PhD, Director School of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Penn Positive Psychology Center & and Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology Penn Department of Psychology HIGH POWER POSING If you begin to act powerfully, you will begin to think powerfully. Fake it till you become it. Amy J.C. Cuddy, PhD Associate Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Business School www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
CULTIVATING SELF-COMPASSION Common Humanity Suffering Mindful of what is showing up Self-Kindness being your own best encouragement and giver of care. Kristin Neff Associate Professor of Human Development & Culture Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas, Austin www.selfcompassion.org Christopher K. Germer, PhD Instructor of Clinical Psychology Harvard University Medical School www.mindfulselfcompassion.org
PRACTICING MINDFULNESS MOMENT TO MOMENT NOTICING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT NOW IS ALL WE HAVE. Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD Founder & Executive Director Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society University of Massachusetts Medical School
WITH GREAT GRATITUDE - Bartja