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The Pursuit of Happiness for All

The Pursuit of Happiness for All. Marion Aslan www.crazydiamond.org.uk. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions Dalai Lama . 20’s University Teacher Travel 30’s Married Running own business Mother.

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The Pursuit of Happiness for All

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  1. The Pursuit of Happiness for All Marion Aslan www.crazydiamond.org.uk

  2. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions Dalai Lama

  3. 20’s University Teacher Travel 30’s Married Running own business Mother

  4. 1994 – my physiology changed!!

  5. “… severely and enduringly mentally ill. You must realise you won’t be able to work again; you will need to be on medication for the rest of your life”

  6. “You are to give up working and cancel your holiday – you’re just running away from your problems!” Oh, and by the way send me your driving licence, I’ll return it to the licensing authority”

  7. Is it any wonder that people get stuck? At the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) we know recovery is possible because we see it happen every day.

  8. Recovery “What are the 3 most important things in Recovery? Hope, hope and even more hope!” Aslan 2008 “The Purpose of our lives is to be happy” Dalai Lama … happiness, contentment, self actualisation, contribution, inclusion

  9. Resilience and Tenacity “I had to assess and then reject everything I was being told by “the experts” and become my own “Expert by Experience” Anger at what I’d experienced and fear of going back made me look at - • “reframing” the experience • giving up a sick role • learning how to emancipate myself Recovery is hard work!! Others can’t “cure” you – but they can help (or hinder!)

  10. Time Healing Resilience Interdependence Vivacity Emancipation

  11. THRIVING “The concept of thriving is to go beyond mere recovery to a place of restoration. Recovery may take you back to where you were prior to becoming distressed but to thrive means so much more… A place of ; • Renewal, new optimism and joy • Broken in order to become whole again – “weller than well” having learned from the experience

  12. Happiness & Thriving as a Journey • Turning point • Identify • Explore • Understand • Move on • Reforming your experience into a more helpful one • symptoms going or • changing cognitions and understanding, e.gvoices

  13. Turning points

  14. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion” “An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful” Dalai Lama

  15. Krysalis

  16. The Big Issue

  17. Anam Cara – First User led Crisis Service in UK

  18. “We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection” Dalai Lama

  19. Family / Children / Friends

  20. Animals

  21. Faith / Spirituality • Belief in something • Purpose • Hope • Connectedness

  22. “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves”

  23. Recovery and Happiness requires work and effort!

  24. Our mission: Enriching lives and minds by focusing on strengths and recovery MHCD

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