PART I: Basic Training for Your Best Life

What is Part I about?

Chapter 1

A Call to Adventure

Reflection Question

Special Video – “What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler”

Describe your hero’s journey

Three Good Things Activity

Chapter 2

What Do You Want Most?

What Do You desire?

Three Good Things Activity

Happiness Questions

Reflection Questions

Chapter 3

How Can You Make It Happen?

The Happiness Advantage

Three Good Things Activity

Pleasant Events Activity

Reflection Questions

Chapter 4

Mindfulness and Acceptance

Ode an die Freude (Ode to Joy) Beethoven Symphony No.9 classical music

Mindful Breathing Activity

Three Good Things Activity

Reflection Questions

Chapter 5

Resilience and Stress-Related Growth

Heather Dorniden’s Inspiring 600 meter race!

Resilience in the Past

Resilience in the Future

Three Good Things Activity

The Brief Resilience Scale

Chapter 6

Wisdom and Creativity

The best gift I ever survived | Stacey Kramer”

Reflection Questions

Wheel of Life Activity

Three Good Things Activity

Strategies for Developing Divergent Thinking

PART II - Bringing Out Your Best

What is part 2 about?

Chapter 7

Discovering Your Best

Take the VIA Survey Activity

Using Your Strengths While at Your Best

Strength Spotting in a Movie

Exercise is to increase your awareness of activities that rely on your strengths or weaknesses.

Strength Exercises Worksheet: You, At Your Best

Strength Exercises Worksheet: Strength Regulation

Identify strengths in others

Strength Spotting in a Relationship

Chapter 8

Planning New Ways to Use Your Strengths

Using Your Strengths in New Ways

Special Video - “The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown”

Reflection Questions

Chapter 9

Special Video - “Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth”

Grit Scale Quiz

Use a Top Strength to Put Yourself in Flow

Development of Grit

Chapter 10

Special video – “Adorable Girl Tells her Divorced Parents to be Friends”

When You Showed Courage

Overcoming Fear

Investing in Valued Relationships

Chapter 11

Special Video: “The Most Inspirational Video You Will Ever See - Nick Vujicic's Story”

Reflection Question

Increasing Your Self-Efficacy

Using a Top Strength in a New Way to Reach a Goal

Chapter 12

Special Video – “Marshmallow Test – (funny)”

Increasing Self-Control

Reflection Questions

PART lll - Bringing Out the Best around You

What is Part 3 about?

Chapter 13

Social Intelligence

Special Video – “Active Constructive Responding”

Who Are You Grateful For?

Relationship Appreciative Inquiry

Reflection Questions

Exercise is to increase your awareness of activities that rely on your strengths or weaknesses.

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