Table of Contents
Introduction 10, Life Balance 13, Balancing Your Overall Well-being 16, Personal Safety Net 18
Week One: Understanding Perceptions and the Impact of Emotions
What We Accept as Truth Becomes Our Reality 22, What is Perception? 23, Interpretation 30, Being Aware of Thoughts Creating Emotions 34, Understanding Our Emotions and Their Impact 36, Emotion Reaction Pattern 37, Emotions Affecting Organs 40, Benefits of Exercising 43, Throughout the Week Transformation Exercise: Recognizing Your Thoughts Creating Your Emotions, and Influencing Your Behavior 44
Week Two: Self-Perception
How Do You See Yourself? 56, How Do Others See You? 58, Acknowledging the Effects of Your Self-Views 59, Throughout the Week Transformation Exercise: What's Your Story? 62, ABCD: Impact of Your Story 70
Week Three: Recognizing the Inner Critic
What is Our Inner Voice Telling Us? 78, The Inner Critic 79, When Does Your Inner Critic Show Up? 80, What Does Your Inner Critic Say? 81, How Does Your Inner Critic Make You Feel? 81, What Developed These Harmful Thoughts? 82, Throughout the Week Transformation Exercise: Observing Impact of Inner Critic 86, Benefits of Having a Community 89
Week Four: Cognitive Distortions 96, Impact of Cognitive Distortions 99, Fact or Fiction 102, Forgiveness 104
Life Lessons Learned 110, Putting Harmful Thoughts on Trial 112
Week Five: Recognizing the Inner Advocate
The Inner Advocate 122, When Does Your Inner Advocate Show Up? 123, What Does Your Inner Advocate Say? 124, How Does Your Inner Advocate Make You Feel? 124, When Do You Need Your Inner Advocate to Show Up? 125, 3 Steps to Hearing the Inner Advocate 126, Throughout the Week Transformation Exercise: Observing Impact of Inner Advocate 128, Car Method 130
Week Six: Sustaining Healthy Moods and Mindset
Identifying and Managing Unpleasant Emotional Stimuli 140, Unpacking Why You Avoid 148, Cease Avoidance 150, Breaking Through Barriers and Bad Habits 152, Fears and Ease 156
Week Seven: Setting Yourself Free to Be Happy
The Ball 164, Free Yourself From the Need to Compare 166, Affirm Who You Are 169, Three R's of Mindset Transformation 172, Benefit of Gratitude 175, Restore Yourself 176, Sunshine Box 178
Week Eight: Compose Your Narrative
Choices 184, Write Your Own Story 185, Vision Board 191, SMARTER Goals 194