Be Happy Now!
Be Happy Now! challenges its readers to identify thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that are not serving their greatest good and provides tools to help change self-defeating patterns. Using a concise and simplified approach Deborah Day, M.A., encourages readers to take responsibility for directing their own life in a more purposeful manner.
Empowerment, growth, and personal wellness are some of the essential aspects that Deborah Day, M.A. strives to help her readers achieve. Living as the active director of your life versus passively accepting what life brings to you is at the core of her teachings. You have the power to change and grow. This tool book is designed to help you achieve your highest good and live a more fulfilling life.
A praise for Be Happy Now!
“Deborah definitely succeeds in conveying the concept of happiness in a realistic manner . . . not as an idealized end goal, but as a feeling state that requires attentiveness to self and others. Readers will find a simple yet powerful set of guidelines and strategies for self-improvement designed to facilitate living in a manner consistent with one’s values and priorities.”
—Steven P. Obrien, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist, Associate Professor of Psychology, and Mental Health Expert for Bay News 9, Tampa Bay’s Twenty-Four-Hour News Source
ISBN 13 (SOFT): 9781514419007
ISBN 13 (HARD): 9781514419014
ISBN 13 (eBook): 9781514418994
Deborah Day, M.A. has written many articles with the goal to encourage her clients and readers to reach their fullest potential in life. She believes that we each have the power within us to change and grow. Her books and articles are a way to reach out beyond her local private practice and help many others to receive guidance, motivation and hope.
Is Selfish a Dirty Word?
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: November 5, 2017
Do you feel bad if you think about your own needs? Do you give too much to others and often neglect your own feelings, needs and wants? Learn how to care about both yourself and others – guilt free!
Communication 101: Listen, Talk and Behave
Relationships: Communication
• Published: November 30, 2015
Do you ever feel like others don’t listen to you or at least don’t really understand you? Do you often feel misunderstood? This article will help you understand what you can do differently. You will learn how defensiveness effects good communication. Learning how to deliver your message better and improving your listening is the best you can do to become the best communicator you can.
Stop Comparing Youself to Others and Start Accepting You and Your Unique Qualities
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: June 16, 2014
Are you constantly comparing yourself to others? Is it easier for you to see someone else’s positive traits rather than your own? Well it is time to stop! It is time to change this and start focusing on your gifts, talents and skills. Redirect your attention back to yourself. Pay attention to where you put your mental focus. Bring your focus back to the truth about you. Learn that you are good enough just as you are.
Five Traits Of A Bad Listener
Self Improvement: Coaching
• Published: October 8, 2012
How nice it is to truly be heard and understood by another. Sadly, this is not what we always experience. This article will review five traits of the poor listener and give some suggestions to both the sender and the one attempting to listen. Good listening helps in so many aspects of our lives.
Things Not to Say to People Who Are Grieving
Self Improvement: Grief Loss
• Published: September 7, 2012
Going through various losses and transitions is an extremely difficult time. It is a period where the griever needs unconditional support. Sadly, many don’t know how to give that kind of encouragement. This article will review what not to say to someone who is suffering a loss and will also provide words of encouragement to the grieving person.
Resolutions That Last A Lifetime!
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: January 11, 2011
Ever wonder why your new year resolutions never stick? Hard to remember what your new years resolutions where last year? Explore a way to approach your resolutions that will last beyond a few weeks. Commit to making changes that will last a lifetime and change the quality of your life. You deserve to be your best self and live your best life. Invest in you!
Protect and Renew Your Spirit During The Holiday Season!
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: December 16, 2010
The holidays is suppose to be a time of joy and festivity. Learn some essential tools you can use to assure that your holiday season is one of your best. Don’t just survive the holidays, thrive during the holidays. Learn to understand how to protect and renew yourself this holiday.
How To Set Boundaries in Our Relationship
Relationships
• Published: September 9, 2010
What to do when someone close to you hurts you? Get what you want out of your relationships! When to say yes, no, or maybe in your relationships. Learn how to handle relationship conflicts.
Never Underestimate The Power of a Positive Attitude
Self Improvement: Positive Attitude
• Published: September 9, 2010
Are your attitudes attracting people or repelling them? Are your attitudes saying what you what them to say about you? Is your cup half-full or half-empty?
I’m Not the Problem in My Marriage!
Relationships: Marriage
• Published: August 18, 2010
What makes marriages and love relationships so difficult? It is easy to name all the things that are wrong with your partner, but what part do you play in the problem? Often, one enters a relationship with many expectations that can set you up for disappointment. Maybe there is something you can do to help your relationship.
Are You Satisfied With Life?
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: August 12, 2010
Do you ever feel dissatisfied with your life? Ever wonder how to change or even where to start?
Five Ways To Stop Sabotaging Yourself
Self Improvement: Personal Growth
• Published: July 22, 2010
Learn five resourceful ways to begin taking control of your life. Stop just reacting to life and start having the life you want! Start living intentionally and on purpose. It’s time to have a more full and whole life. You CAN have the life you want. You have the power to change and grow.