Agape Counseling

THIS IS SCARY! BY AGE 11 MANY CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO P**N!

Did you know the new addiction is Po*******hy? There is a Neurobiological Basis of Po*******hy/Sex Addiction. And the brains of our children are being affected. Facts about our children who are exposed:

* Many children are exposed to p**n by age 11
* And sadly, they are learning about s*x from the internet-
THIS IS SCARY!
* VIOLENT P**N is the leading p**n that teens see when they
first come across it
* P**n does not teach s*x: it teaches violence, objectification, and
disconnection
* This creates a "toxic stew" for a teen, as one authority says;
SHAME AND AROUSAL GET FUSED IN THE BRAIN

But there is hope! Become Educated! EDUCATION IS POWER! *

*Information taken June 24th Free Community Event at:
SLCC Miller Campus, 7-9 PM, 9750 S 300 W, Sandy, UT 84070

ARE YOU AS HAPPY AS YOU WANT TO BE?

What is happiness anyway? How do you define happiness? In our culture it seems happiness is really not sustainable. But happy people generally have better medical, dental and psychological health and improve the health of people around them. Many are on the hedonic treadmill, pursuing happiness by working just to stay in the same place by trying to improve life circumstances (e.g. income or one's appearance). It take more and more (like addictions) to experience temporary happiness.

True happiness has been defined, not as a temporary pleasure, but as a mental or emotional STATE of well-being, Positive or pleasant emotions of contentment to intense joy are hallmarks of happiness.

In one study of 1500 sets of twins, the researcher concluded that nature vs nurture has influence on our sources of happiness. Happiness is:

50% is genetic
40% is within our power to change
10% is affected by life circumstances

So 40% of our ability to experience true happiness is within our power to change by becoming more self-aware. We can cultivate our state of happiness by cultivating a healthier mindset.

According to Martin Seligman, PhD., resilience, not happiness is the opposite of depression. We often label ourselves as either an optimist or pessimist. But optimisim can by acquired by practicing the habit of optimistic thinking Happy people see problems as temporary, impersonal and solvable. They have built resilience by challenging and changing ANTS, automatic negative thoughts.

They cultivate physical resilience also. Happy people generally have better sleep, lower blood pressure and blood glucose and lower cognitive decline. A healthy diet, appropriate and enjoyable exercise, lowering stress and improving sleep hygiene with positive moods and thoughts result in a better quality of physical health.

Cultivate your life of happiness. We need to be able to prepare for inevitable adversity, or move from being victims to survivors and then to happiness. Reaching the state of happiness is well worth the investment in personal growth necessary. But it definitely is attainable.

In order for me to do that I have decided to introduce my new website---agingandhealthy.com. Feel free to contact me at: [email protected] with suggestions.