1. Your Psychological & Spiritual Well-Being
Chapter 2

2. “People who achieve emotional and spiritual health are more creative and productive, earn more money, attract more friends, enjoy better marriages, develop fewer illnesses, and live longer.”

3. Emotionally Healthy People Demonstrate:
Determination and effort to be healthy
Flexibility and adaptability
Sense of meaning and affirmation of life
Understanding that self is not the center of universe
Compassion for others
Ability to be unselfish when relating to others
Depth and satisfaction with intimate relationships
Sense of control that enables health-enhancing choices and decisions

4. Culture
The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices of a group that are internalized by an individual within the group.
In your small groups, discuss how psychological health is impacted by culture. Be ready to share with the class.
Take the “Life Purpose and Satisfaction” quiz at the end of this chapter. Calculate your score.

5. Positive Psychology
The scientific study of ordinary human strengths and virtues. Focuses on the aspects of the human condition that lead to happiness, fulfillment, and flourishing.
3 major areas:
Positive Emotions. Ex) Hope, trust
Positive Traits. Ex) Wisdom, courage
Positive Institutions. Ex) Strong families, democracy
In The Happiness Trap, Dr. Russ Harris calls popular conceptions of happiness dangerous, as they set people up for a “struggle against reality.” Real life is full of disappointments, loss, and struggle. “If you’re going to live a rich and meaningful life,” Harris says, “you’re going to feel a full range of emotions.”

6. Components Of Positive Psychology
AUTONOMY
SELF-COMPASSION
HUMOR
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
MOODS
KNOW YOURSELF
OPTIMISM
YOUR NEEDS
HAPPINESS
SELF-ESTEEM

7. Emotional Needs Are Important Too

8. Where Does Happiness Come From?

9. Optimism
109 Yr Old Holocaust Survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer: "Look for the Beauty in Life”

10. Find Wisdom Through Spiritual Intelligence
Spiritual Intelligence: Capacity to sense, understand and tap into the highest parts of ourselves, others and the world around us.
Does not require a belief in God
Focuses on finding wisdom within the person
Creates inner peace so you can listen to yourself

11. Spiritual Health
Ability to identify life purpose. Experience fulfillment in achieving full potential
Spirituality: Belief in higher power. Creates strong sense of purpose. Acts as guide in life decisions
Spirituality Enhances Physical Health
Prayer and Meditation
Change the brain
May slow aging and decrease psychological symptoms
May increase feelings of compassion, security and love

12. Spiritual Health Connect Communicate Inspire Support
Satsang: gathering together to share wisdom and guidance (to connect/to be in communion)
Simran: Reflecting on who we really are (to share the inspiration)
Seva: Being in Service with devotion and compassion (to support)

13. What is my principal life focus?
What have I felt when I have had a peak experience (transcendental moment or epiphany?)
What contribution do I want to make in my life to my community and the world?
What is the principal quality I look for in a good friend?
What are my unique skills and talents?
What are the best qualities I possess in my personal relations?
How might I best put these skills and qualities into service for a peaceful, just and sustainable world?
Take the tombstone test: What would you like to have written on your tombstone? (How would you like to be remembered? Your honest answer should tell you, very succinctly, what you value most).

14. HOMEWORK
Feb 5th: Chapter 8: Communicating & Relating = Chapter 5: Your Social Health
Print out assignment #1 off of class website and bring it to class on Wednesday
Agreeing with The Four Agreements
Review the Four Agreements lecture on class website. Follow the directions on slide #6 and bring to class your answers Wednesday.
College Transition: Time Management
Healthful Habits Can Help Induce Sleep Without The Pills
Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Relieve Anxiety And Depression
The Seven Habits of Highly Emotionally Healthy People
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