how to be upbeat in a downbeat world

Roy Sheppard

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Read Out Loud I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinerv?sy, it deosn’t mAaer in waht oredr the lAeers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt ?hng is taht the frist and lsat lAeer be in the rgh?t pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmoranA!



How have you

been infected?

In what ways have you been infected with

‘thought viruses’?

How we all think at ?mes


How oJen are you a ‘thermal thinker’? How oJen are you a vic?m of ‘s?nking sinking thinking’?

“Being upset by your own thoughts is similar to wri5ng yourself a nasty le7er – and then being offended by that le7er.” Richard Carlson PhD


Discussion

Upbeat Traits

Downbeat Traits


Our lives

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Our children’s lives


Who and what drags us down.



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Family Fridge List

•  Walk on the Athabaskan glacier

•  See a bear in the wild •  Canoe the Bow river •  Climb an alpine peak

•  Run the Canmore 5Km

•  Beaver trapping •  Calgary stampede •  Skiing at Lake Louise •  Dog-‐sledding


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“It’s all been rather lovely.” John Le Mesurier

“It’s all been rather lovely.” John Le Mesurier


“It’s all been rather lovely” Reported last words of actor

John Le Mesurier

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