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Mental Wellness

Mental wellness is an important part of emotional wellness.  It is strongly impacted by how you think, what music and media you expose yourself to, and what external influences you allow to affect you.   

You could think of this as your "mental diet."  As "you are what you eat", you also "are what you think about."  In a media-inundated, tech-savvy world, with a constant influx of so many influences and ideas, it can be important to discern between what is helping you be well - and what might be compromising that wellness.  

Mental wellness can, to a large extent, be taught and cultivated, in a very direct and practical way.  The resources in this section will teach you how.



Best Books on Mental Wellness Print E-mail

These are our favorite books on mental wellness.

1) The Feeling Good Handbook, by David D. Burns

2) Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, by Martin E. P. Seligman

3) The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience, by Martin E. P. Seligman

 

For more books on this topic, please visit our Bookstore, and choose the category "Wellness - Mental."

 

 
Finding and Sharing Your Unique Talents Print E-mail

 

well and happyOne of the most universal needs we have as human beings is to identify what makes us unique - what talents and gifts we have, that allow us to individually make a contribution to the world we live in.   Whether young or old - in the early bloom of adolescence, the massive transitions of midlife, or the closing chapters of old age - we have a need to know how we matter, and how we can be most useful.    

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Lyrics for Songs, "Lift Up Your Voice - Sharing Your Unique Talents" Print E-mail

 

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Here are the lyrics for the 4 songs performed in the Las Vegas Singles Conference. You are welcome to print and copy them for your own personal use.

"Make a Difference" and many other  songs are available in CD and sheet music format at Carrie's music website:   morninglightpublishing.com.

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