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True Happiness

Your complete guide to emotional health

By: Dr. Mark Atkinson

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Paperback | 7 April 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Are you happy and fulfilled? Do you feel content with your relationships and your life? If not, this groundbreaking book is for you. Written by Dr Mark Atkinson, a medical doctor and emotional-health expert, its innovative, mind-body approach will help you live a truly healthy, happy life. Based on the successful strategies he uses with patients, Dr Atkinson shows you, step by step, how to experience the deep sense of inner well-being that characterises true happiness.
Discover: how to identify and overcome the underlying emotional, psychological and biochemical barriers to health and happiness; tools for managing your emotions and thoughts more skilfully; unique drug-free techniques for tackling low mood, anxiety and stress; inspiring case studies; questionnaires, simple exercises and easy-to-follow advice to help you uncover your true self and create a life of fulfilment and meaning.

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Non-Fiction Psychology Psychology: Emotions Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Popular Psychology Assertiveness, Motivation & Self-Esteem & Positive Mental Attitude Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose Miscellaneous Items Family & Health Fitness & Diet Diets & Dieting, Nutrition

About the author	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
How to make this book work for you	p. xvii
Choose happiness now	p. 1
The essentials of emotional health and happiness	p. 17
Get out of your head	p. 18
Practise mindfulness	p. 22
Defuse your 'negative' thoughts	p. 25
Investigate your thinking	p. 28
Transform any self-limiting beliefs	p. 30
Become a master of your emotions	p. 34
Assess your emotional-management style	p. 38
Identify your emotional-control strategies	p. 41
Increase your emotional-body awareness	p. 47
Improve your emotional literacy	p. 49
Become skilful in emotional processing	p. 51
Live a fulfilling and meaningful life	p. 61
Meet your emotional needs	p. 65
Embrace gratitude	p. 72
Identify your life purpose and gifts	p. 74
Discover your values	p. 77
Live in alignment with your highest values	p. 84
Overcoming common barriers to emotional health	p. 89
Meet your physical needs	p. 90
Optimise your nutrition	p. 93
Get active	p. 110
Sleep soundly	p. 113
Rest and relax	p. 117
Live and work in a healthy environment	p. 121
Identify and address physical imbalances	p. 125
Physical-imbalance questionnaires	p. 126
Neurotransmitter imbalances	p. 140
Nutritional imbalances	p. 147
Allergies and intolerances	p. 154
Hormone imbalances	p. 157
Dysbiosis	p. 168
Identify and address any mental-health challenges	p. 173
Mental-health questionnaires	p. 176
Psychological stress	p. 182
Anger	p. 188
Depression	p. 191
Anxiety and panic disorders	p. 195
Addictions	p. 199
Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)	p. 202
Grief	p. 206
Maximise your happiness	p. 211
Accept and love yourself	p. 212
Make peace with your body	p. 216
Let go of your resentments	p. 218
Experience self-love	p. 221
Discover and embrace your selves	p. 224
Awaken to the true self	p. 229
Create positive, healthy relationships	p. 233
Practise empathy and loving-kindness	p. 229
Practise the four As of healthy, mature relationships	p. 241
Identify the presence of co-dependency or counter-dependency	p. 245
Develop and maintain healthy boundaries	p. 251
Learn how to resolve conflicts	p. 257
Contribute to the happiness and well-being of others	p. 261
A final word on true happiness	p. 265
Appendix: The 14-day happiness test	p. 267
References	p. 269
Resources	p. 275
Recommended reading	p. 289
Index	p. 292
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