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Happiness: A One Week Journey
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As you have all posted in Mayo Connect's Mental Health Group, I wanted to invite you to join in a program by Dr. Amit Sood, entitled Happiness a One Week Journey. Probably many of you are familiar with Dr. Amit Sood, a psychiatrist at Mayo. This is a free online program that addresses the issue of happiness. Here is what Dr. Sood says about this program.
Dear friends,
You and I face one common enemy – suffering. Pain, physical or emotional, when it becomes unbearable, is experienced as suffering. Pain is unavoidable, but suffering is optional. My goal is to help you find a path so you can bypass suffering in this life. One reward of traversing that journey is finding greater happiness.
Happiness is a habit. Some of us are innately happy. But most others have to choose. We often, however, don’t realize we have that choice. We also don’t know how to exercise that choice. As a result, we push happiness away. Let that not happen to you.
Join me, if you wish, to spend the next week of your life, choosing greater happiness. Each day, you’ll be guided to a practice that can make you happier. To enroll, you’ll need to register with your name and email address to connect with us for the next week. Select ‘Happiness: A One Week Journey,’ below for more information.
Take care.
Amit
Here is the website where you can sign up and join me on this journey: http://stressfree.org/happiness/
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I know what you mean. I have had a lot of guilt because of the pressure I've put on my wife over the past 15 years. She's been having a lot of pain in her hip, and it's becoming debilitating, so I try to do what I can and try not to burden her with any complaints. I know she loves me, even after 45 years of marriage, but even the best marriage suffers when stressors drag on with no end in sight. I suspect that most of us reading this have at some point dealt with guilt at some level, even if it's undeserved guilt. I'm thankful for a wife who's supportive.
Jim
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2 Reactions@jimhd Thank you for your thoughts on this topic, Jim. Well said. Teresa
Thanks @windwalker, you have added a good perspective to our discussion on being on the receiving-end of care. Expressing gratitude is an important exercise, if you will, to the one who expresses the gratitude and is always appreciated by the one who receives it. Teresa
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1 ReactionThanks @windwalker I have never thought about the fact that "toned muscles use less oxygen" that is a good motivator to keep exercising! Teresa
@ihatediabetes Thanks again for the good clinical information on how exercise helps with diabetes. Another good reminder to us all! Teresa
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1 Reaction@ihatediabetes Since this was in the forefront of my mind now I emailed son and daughter last night and expressed my feelings and sent them a link to the site where you can sign up.
I think many people are for it but procrastinate thinking they will sign up later. Hopefully later is fine, nothing will happen in the meantime, but we never know what the future holds.
JK
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1 Reaction@ihatediabetes You are sure on the right track. I am exercising but I know I have not been good about what I've been eating.
Insurance has become such a problem for so many people these days. Back when I was younger if you went to work for a good sized company you got good insurance and were all set. I know now how fortunate I have been, I have never in my life been without good insurance and now I'm on Medicare and an excellent supplement. Both my son and daughter have had times of being uninsured and at one of my daughter's jobs she chose the least expensive insurance -- not good. She ended up in a hospital for a night after having a TIA and the expenses for tests, etc., were huge and not paid by her insurance. She had to deal with setting up a payment plan with the hospital.
Oh, and they never figured why she got the TIA but she has never had another, thankfully.
JK
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2 Reactions@windwalker You are making me want to try a foot massage! I have never heard of them up here in NH.
JK
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1 Reaction@johnjames I am sure all of us with such supportive spouses are thankful, and of course we are so fortunate to have those spouses. My husband is older than I am and he teases that he married a younger woman so I could take care of him in his old age but that has been reversed, although now I am doing great.
JK
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2 Reactions@contentandwell Foot massages are also referred to as Reflexology. You might be able to find one in your area if you goggle that term. Teresa