Big Happy Life

Ep. 11 Are there good and bad decisions?

When faced with big decisions, many of us feel overwhelmed. This week, I explore ways to help you move past that overwhelm by helping you reframe how you think about decisions.

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Ep. 10 Are your weaknesses really strengths?

In this episode, I explore the theory that many of our weaknesses are simply strengths we overplay or strengths we play in situations where they don't fit.

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Ep. 9 Putting Praise and Criticism in their Place

Does the promise of praise drive you forward? Or the fear of criticism hold you back?

This week I talk about the 5 lessons I've learned about using feedback to add value in your life rather than having it shape your life.

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Negative Emotions - Are you Image Driven or Reality Driven?

In his book, "Change your Beliefs, Change your Life", Dr Nick Hall explains how our reactions are not reactions to reality but rather to our perception of reality.

This episode looks at how you can determine what's shaping your reactions, particularly when you experience 'negative' emotions.

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How to challenge a belief

Sometimes our beliefs don't serve us well. We end up avoiding things we should be embracing and embracing things we should be avoiding. We end up more stressed and "less us". When that happens, it's worth examining and challenging our beliefs.

Here is one way to do that.

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Where do beliefs come from?

Our beliefs play a part in every aspect of our lives - every thought, every action, every aspiration. Yet many of us don't completely know what we believe and most of us haven't stopped to think about where our beliefs came from.

This episode looks at some of the sources of beliefs.

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What's REALLY stopping you changing a behaviour?

Changing behaviour is HARD! Most of us know what to do but knowing it and doing it are not the same thing. Why?

This week I'm joined by Dr Despina Learmonth, a Counselling and Health Psychologist to help answer this question. 

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Ep 4. We know what to do so why don't we do it?

It's easy to learn the theory of what will make us happy but difficult to put it into practice.

This week's episode examines Jonathan Haidt's metaphor of the Rider and the Elephant when describing the logical and emotional parts of our minds.

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Ep. 3 Your two selves: The experiencing self and the remembering self

Are our memories accurate and how do they shape our choices? 

Answering these questions might help us shape our lives in ways that lead to greater happiness. 

 

Resources:

Daniel Kahneman's TED talk

 

Ep. 2 What is happiness and how do we get more of it?

This week's episode looks at the Hedonic and Eudaimonic approaches to happiness. Which is most likely to lead to greater happiness and why?

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