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How to communicate effectively with teachers
How to create a supportive learning environment at home
How to manage your child's school schedule and activities
Meaning
To be truly happy, you need to have a purpose.
To serve something greater than yourself gives you a sense of value and worth.
To increase meaning:
• Get involved in a cause that matters
• Use your passion to help others
• Volunteer your time and skills
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Accomplishment
You feel accomplished when you set challenging goals and work to achieve them.
Intrinsic goals lead to more significant gains in wellbeing than extrinsic goals.
• Set SMART goals
• Take consistent action
• Reflect on your past wins
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Engagement
When you are in flow, absorbed in an activity, you are engaged.
When you respond to challenges with your strengths, it puts you in a flow state.
• Learn your strengths and use them
• Do activities you love
• Live in the moment
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What Is PERMA Model
In 2012, Dr. Martin Seligman, a pioneer of positive psychology, proposed a theory of wellbeing, known as the Perma model:
• Positive emotion
• Engagement
• Relationship
• Meaning
• Accomplishment
You can be happy,
if you choose to be happy.
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Positive emotion
Positive emotions, such as joy, hope, love, and gratitude are indicators of happiness.
Here's how you generate them:
• Reflect on what you're grateful for
• Spend time with loved ones
• Listen to uplifting music
• Do activities you enjoy
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Relationship
As a social creature, you need to feel supported, loved, and valued by others:
Improve your relationships to increase intimacy, wellbeing, and satisfaction.
• Join a class or group
• Reconnect with past friends
• Learn something new about a friend
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If you want to be happy, psychology says you need to read this PERMA model as it's practical and science-backed.
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Focus On The Meaning
We find motivation when something is meaningful. Meaning is much bigger than the enjoyment of a moment. It can include something we don't like. Soldiers risk being killed every day to serve their country. New parents handle poop daily for years.
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Volunteer
Being a volunteer lets you choose how to make an impact in your community doing something that matters to you.
Check with your professional organization for volunteering opportunities. You can also get involved with a non-profit to help them with fundraising for a worthy cause.
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