the happiness epidemic - blue courage · “when i was 5 years old, my mother always told me that...

24
i ©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved. BLUE COURAGE ® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC. The Happiness Epidemic A Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology Day i Date: ____________________________________ Pracce 3 Gratudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for: 1. __________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, me, and tolerance.) Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, me, and tolerance.) Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone. Journal 1 posive event from the past 24 hours Write one barrier that will hold you back from being posive today. The Happiness Epidemic A Blue Courage ® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology Daily Guidebook “Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every me you go there and recognize a condion of happiness that you have, happiness comes.” Thich Nhat Hanh

Upload: others

Post on 22-Jun-2020

1 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

i©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day i

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in

Positive Psychology

Daily Guidebook

“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Page 2: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Contact Us:[email protected]

1-630-449-0958

123 S. Evanslawn Ave.Aurora, IL 60506

April 2020

BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.

Join our Community!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluecourageteam

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bluecourageSign up for Blue Courage resources:

“Daily Dose of Blue Courage” to receive daily inspirational quotes: http://bit.do/DailyDoseBC

“Learn, Share, Grow” series of various lessons we find: http://bit.do/LearnShareGrow

Golden Circle of Blue Courage:Why: To illuminate a path forward so that we ignite transformation.

How: We shape a Guardian’s heart and mind by meeting people where they are with love and no judgment!We courageously do the right thing while always exploring what is possible.

What: We enhance capacity of our people through education, practices, tools, processes.

“Blue Courage Serves and Protects those who Protect and Serve.”

"Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better,

and are healthier when we are happy."Maxwell Maltz

For further information on positive psychology, happiness, and this 21 day challenge, visit:https://bluecourage.com/the-happiness-epidemic/

A list of resources are at the end of this guidebook for reference.

Page 3: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

1©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 1

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“An empty well gives no water.”Unknown

Page 4: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 2

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig

Page 5: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

3©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 3

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Page 6: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 4

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride

requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.”

Laura Schlessinger

Page 7: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

5©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 5

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told

them they didn’t understand life.”John Lennon

Page 8: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 6

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”Dalai Lama

Page 9: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

7©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 7

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Two minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: Ten minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”Aristotle

Page 10: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 8

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Page 11: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

9©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 9

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one remembers to turn on the light.”

J.K. Rowling

Page 12: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 10

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Page 13: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

11©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 11

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”

James Oppenheim

Page 14: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 12

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by

being shared.”Buddha

Page 15: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

13©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 13

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I

have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”Groucho Marx

Page 16: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 14

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Five minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 20 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.”

William Feather

Page 17: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

15©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 15

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.”John Henry Jowett

Page 18: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 16

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Like lotus flowers rising above the mud, our hearts and minds are opening. Day by day, year by year, hand in hand, we are growing wiser, more loving, more creative. We are experiencing greater happiness in our own lives, because we are sharing that happiness with others. That is how a greater global transformation begins.”

Christopher Chase

Page 19: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

17©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 17

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”

Helen Keller

Page 20: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 18

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Page 21: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

19©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 19

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe

harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”Mark Twain

Page 22: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

Day 20

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”

Guillaume Apollinaire

Page 23: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

21©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Day 21

Date: ____________________________________

☐ Practice 3 Gratitudes - Someone or something you’re grateful for:

1. __________________________________________________________2. __________________________________________________________3. __________________________________________________________

☐ Meditate: Ten minutes of focused rhythmic breathing. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Exercise: 30 minutes of exercise. (Scale your daily goal according to your circumstances, capacity, time, and tolerance.)

☐ Perform a Random Act of Kindness: The single best thing to do when depressed is to help someone.

☐ Journal 1 positive event from the past 24 hours

☐ Write one barrier that will hold you back from being positive today.

“Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.”Dennis Waitley

Page 24: The Happiness Epidemic - Blue Courage · “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted

©Blue Courage, LLC. All rights reserved.BLUE COURAGE® is a registered trademark of Blue Courage, LLC.

The Happiness EpidemicA Blue Courage® 21 Day Challenge in Positive Psychology

Additional Resources

"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."Steve Maraboli

Pattern Interrupt (Reset Attention/Thought):

16 Seconds to Clarity• Close your eyes, sit up straight, relax• Breathe in and out to count of 4• Breathe slowly through your nose• Deep breath in to count of 4• Hold to count of 4• Slow exhale to count of 4• Hold to count of 4

Tabata Exercise8 Cycles...

20 Seconds of Work...10 Seconds of Rest...It’s only 4 minutes...

www.tabatatimer.com

The Workout

1 Minute Front Plank30 Seconds Left Side Plank

TABATA EXERCISE (Example: Squats)30 Seconds Right Side Plank

1 Minute Front Plank

Feeding the Mind

Reading Resources

Video ResourcesBlue Courage Blog:

https://bluecourage.com/category/blog/Blue Courage YouTube Playlist on Resilience:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkFk_

jvKYHQ&list=PLlYi1eQvCluTRSwkfep7zJmuVfT3ohjSt

Heart-Focused Breathing (Builds Resilience and Coherence)Heart-focused breathing is about directing your attention to the heart area and breathing a little more deeply than normal. As you breathe in and out, imagine your breath is flowing in and out of your heart or chest area. (In the beginning, placing your hand over your heart as you breathe can help you in directing your focus to your heart.) Inhale 5 seconds, exhale 5 seconds (or whatever rhythm is comfortable.)

Typically, the HeartMath Institute recommends that you breathe in about 5-6 seconds and breathe out 5-6 seconds. Be sure your breathing is smooth, unforced and comfortable. Although this is not difficult to do, it may take a little time to become used to it. Eventually you will establish your own natural rhythm.

davidji: The Power of Pattern Interrupthttps://davidji.com/the-power-of-pattern-interrupt/