Creating well-being : four steps to a happier, healthier life / Pamela A. Hays, PhD.
Material type: TextPublisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2014]Description: vii, 221 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1433815737
- 9781433815737 (paperback)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 152.42 H425 | Available | slight water damage on top corner of pages near front of book. 8/3/17 aad | 33111008109650 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Creating Well-Being presents scientifically-supported guidance for people who want to replace stress and painful emotions with a sense of well-being and contentment.
With empathy and unfailing good humor, Dr. Pamela Hays outlines a four-step process that has proven successful in her professional clinical psychology practice as well as in her own life. She invites readers to step onto the path of well-being by recognizing their stressors, avoiding negative thought-traps, re-examining their thinking, and taking action wherever possible, using environmental change, better communication skills, social support, and self-care.
Each chapter demonstrates how taking small, manageable steps adds up, over time, to real and permanent change. Packed with tips and tools for self-reflection and behavioral change, this book shows readers how to build well-being from the ground up.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Stepping onto the path of well-being -- Finding your path -- Tapping your hidden strengths -- Step two: understanding your stressors -- How stress hurts -- The mind-body connection -- Distinguishing internal from external sources of stress -- Step three: using thoughts to feel better -- Thought traps that can block your path -- Countering negative thinking -- Compassion voice -- Well-being boosters -- Step four: taking action -- The power of thought and action -- Create a healthy environment -- Learn and practice well-being behavior -- Assertiveness, conflict resolution, and other communication skills -- Social engagement, meaning, and purpose -- Self-care for staying on the happy, healthy path.