Description
The research confirms it: Writing heals. Psychologists tell us that writing helps us cope with and recover from depression, anxiety, job loss and even heartbreak. Exciting new research shows that we can flourish further by actively choosing to write about positive emotions. Journaling is a hot trend - for personal expression, creativity, self-actualisation and goalsetting. In Write Yourself Happy, author Megan Hayes shows us how, using positive journaling, we can journal more consciously, writing in a way that engages and promotes our most supportive and life-affirming emotions. This practical, journal-style workbook demonstrates how to put eight of the most commonly experienced positive emotions - joy, gratitude, serenity, interest, hope, pride, awe and love - to work, helping us not simply to feel better, but to live better. Based on groundbreaking research in positive psychology, and backed up by extensive scientific studies, the book includes practical exercises and case studies to inspire readers to shift their focus, use different words, see the world in a subtly different way - and discover how things go right when we write.
Author: Megan C. Hayes
Publisher: Gaia
Published: 09/04/2018
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781856753821
ISBN10: 1856753824
BISAC Categories:
- Self-Help | Handwriting Analysis
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Self-Help | Journaling
About the Author
Megan Hayes is a groundbreaking researcher and pioneer of the Positive Journal(R) approach to personal writing. She has spent almost a decade studying writing and the psychology of happiness, and discovering ways that writing makes us happier. She is an academic in the field of positive psychology, a creative writing graduate and has a personal interest in mental health issues, having grown up with a mother and sister who both experienced bipolar episodes.