This work reveals 50 simple ideas and concrete actitivities to improve anyone's mental well-being. Written in a conversational style, this resource provides techniques and specific suggestions to combat depression, fear, loneliness, anger, a poor self-image, undesirable habits, poor communication, relationship difficulties and other problems. Step-by-step, the authors show the reader the way to positive mental health. All 50 ideas are introduced in the same straightforward format: a basic idea is presented on the right-hand page and a concise, one-page explanation that defines the concept and how to implement it is shown on the left.
Part 1 Help Yourself;
Chapter 1 Reward Yourself for doing the right
thing;
Chapter 2 Reward Yourself with the Thing You Like So You'll do the
Thing You don't Like;
Chapter 3 Do Some Moderate Exercise (Nature's Own
Antidepresant);
Chapter 4 Keep a Journal;
Chapter 5 Role-Play Difficult
Situations with a Friend;
Chapter 6 Use a Behavioral Contract to Help
Yourself or Others;
Chapter 7 Be Optimistic;
Chapter 8 Stop Describing
Yourself with Negative Labels;
Chapter 9 Stop Blaming Others for Your
Difficulties;
Chapter 10 When Everything Else Fails, Give Reverse Psychology
a Try;
Chapter 11 Follow Through When you Make Promises to Others;
Chapter 12
To Reach Your Big Goals, Always Set Smaller Ones;
Chapter 13 Give Someone a
Compliment;
Chapter 14 Act Successful;
Chapter 15 Use Negative Practice to
rid Yourself of Common Mistakes;
Chapter 16 Take Time to Relax;
Chapter 17
Choose Present Moment Happiness;
Chapter 18 Make a List of Your Successes;
Chapter 19 Turn You Statements into I Statements;
Chapter 20 Stop Mind
Reading and Start Asking People What They are Experiencing;
Chapter 21 Make a
Chart to Reduce or Eliminate Unwanted Behaviors;
Chapter 22 Use Cost to
Reduce or Eliminate Unwanted Behaviors;
Chapter 23 Relabel Difficulties;
Chapter 24 Help Yourself by Helping Others;
Chapter 25 Make Life More
Exciting by doing Something Different;
Chapter 26 When You Believe You Can,
You Can;
Chapter 27 Shake the Clay off Your Feet So You Can be Open to New
Experiences;
Chapter 28 Identify One Thing You Can do Today That Will Boost
Your Morale;
Chapter 29 Just Say NO to Black-and-White Thinking;
Chapter 30
Risk Enough to let Someone Know How You Feel;
Chapter 31 Look in the Mirror
and Smile;
Chapter 32 Acknowledge Your Feelings;
Chapter 33 Try Expressing
Feelings Constructively;
Chapter 34 Complete a Task; Then Pause Long Enough
to Feel the Satisfaction of Completion;
Chapter 35 Before You Judge Someone
Else, Take a Walk in his or Her Shoes;
Chapter 36 Close Your Eyes, Pause for
a Moment, and Look Deep Inside to See the Real Me;
Chapter 37 Tackle Fear
by Taking Action;
Chapter 38 Share a Smile with Someone You Don't Know;
Chapter 39 Help Yourself and Others by Being a Good Role Model;
Chapter 40
Write a Letter to Help Yourself Cope with Difficult Emotions;
Chapter 41 Look
for the Good in Someone;
Chapter 42 Recognize That the Outside will Change
When the Inside Does;
Chapter 43 To Change Your Feelings, do Something
Different;
Chapter 44 Confront Difficult Situations by Use of the Five-Step
Problem-Solving Method;
Chapter 45 Use Role Reversal to Take the Sting Out of
a Nasty Argument;
Chapter 46 Tell Someone How Much You Like him or her;
Chapter 47 Spend Time Alone to Become More Comfortable with Yourself;
Chapter
48 Plug into the ABC System of Mental Health;
Chapter 49 Make a Decision to
Change Even if You Don't Know the Secret Reasons Behind Your Behavior;
Chapter 50 Accept and Follow Your Intuition;
Howard Rosenthal, Joseph W. Hollis
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