It’s the end of the year again, and the holidays are rolling in. During this time, you’re meant to be celebrating, being cheerful and happy, and enjoying your life with friends and family. Is this realistic to expect this if the year ranged from “not so great a year” to “a terrible year”?

Bad things happen in any given year. It could be a pandemic like the one the world is going through now, or it could be a natural disaster, or it could be something much more personal. Maybe you lost a job or had a pay cut, or maybe your relationships took a negative turn, or your emotional and mental health went down hill and you’re struggling to stay motivated and positive.

It so happens that the end of the year is when people start to think about everything that’s happened thus far, and for many people, it simply doesn’t look or feel like a great year. Trying to figure out how to enjoy yourself may not be the first thing that crosses your mind and may not seem like the easiest thing to do; but there are ways to go pat the bad things, at least for a while.

Focus on your friends and family

If you take the effort to spend quality time with your friends and family, you may find that they can be a source of great comfort and support, even if they don’t do or say anything specific. Find out how their year was, and find out more about what they are going through. Share with them your life this past year, and how you’re processing and handling it. You may find out you are alone in these feelings, and in the process, you may end up being the support they need as well.

This is important, especially so as people end up feeling alone and falling into depression during this period. Taking the time for other people will not just help them, but it will help you feel connected with those close to you, make you feel like you have people who care about you, and will help them as they struggle to deal with their year. In this time, you can find some measure of happiness together, and in that, maybe some measure of your own happiness will start to reveal itself.

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If you’ve been thinking about a career change, or lifestyle change, or just making a personal change for the better, you probably have a very good reason for contemplating it.

Maybe you came to this point because you finally realised your life wasn’t what you wanted it to be, and you had some quite different idea of what it was supposed to be like.

Maybe you had unfulfilled dreams that you forgot about or suppressed and it has come back to haunt you. Now you’re seriously contemplating making those dreams a reality.

You may have thought long and hard about it, but are you ready to change your life?

It takes a lot of courage to make any change. Your current world that you understand and are comfortable with may be destabilised and you might be uncomfortable during the process. During the journey, the difficulties and discomfort may make you feel like running back to what you know.

You might be thinking about how your partner and family; and how they might be inconvenienced. In fact, there’s plenty of reason to not do it. It’s easier to stay where you are at, where it is comfortable. If you’re happy, then that’s where you should be; but if you aren’t happy, and something keeps tugging at you, you might have to seriously consider making that life change.

Some of the successful, life-changing, motivational stories you’ve heard can give you the false impression that a successful life transition happens overnight, by jumping with both feet in. However, that might not be for you. There’s some Wisdom to changing your life slowly, one piece at a time; allowing you and your loved ones time to ease into it. It gives you time to learn more about yourself during the process, and will give you a clearer glimpse into what it is you do or don’t want.

Change can be challenging, chaotic, scary, and can bring some level of uncertainty; but you can take your time. It is your life after all, and any decision you make has to be at your comfort and acceptance level. Take as much time as you need to think, learn, discover more about yourself. Even if you are willing and have the courage to change your life, you have to make sure that you’re ready; and that can take a lot of work.

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We all have some kind of dream for ourselves, and we have an idea of what it is we want for ourselves, even if it is at the most superficial levels. Maybe we thought of being a doctor, a lawyer, a successful business person, or it could be that you had some really crazy ideas about being a superhero.

When you were a kid, you must have had an idea of what you wanted in the future. It might have been a really crazy idea that sounded fun and fantastic at the time. As you aged and matured, you would have started to think more seriously about what your life would be like.

There is a saying: “Healing doesn’t mean the scar is gone; it means it no longer controls you”. Healing is about moving forward to do what really matters in life while allowing the scar to be there.

People who decide to counselling do so because they feel it can help them in some way. Some people go to counselling to try to understand themselves better, and in the process, also learn they can use this to help other people find a sense of well-being, and happiness. The road isn’t always easy, and there’s a lot to learn.

There are actually many type of counselling and therapy methods as well as different ideas and intent behind them. One such therapy is called ACT.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of mindfulness therapy that helps you to accept the many difficulties that you may face in life.

As we all know, things happen in our lives that can be difficult to deal with. We may end up losing our jobs, be stuck in a situation we can’t control, in a bad relationship, have an addiction, or dealing with any number of other problems. A lot of problems aren’t too difficult to deal with, sometimes these things can happen all at the same time and it is this situation that can threaten to overhwelm us. It could even be a singular, major trauma or event that can overwhelm us.

Instead of just dealing with the negative symptoms and side effects of these problems, ACT can be used as a way to engage with the issues so that we can accept that these things are happening. Once we have accepted our situation, we can then move to ensuring that the unwanted thoughts and feelings don’t end up controlling our life. Part of this therapy is to work our way towards taking action to ensure we can consistently remain in control of our life, thoughts, and feelings.

In essense, ACT is a way for us to accept our situation and the problems we face, so we can take action to maintain control of ourselves and our lives.

It can be used to help with anxiety disorders, addiction, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and even can help with depression.

Join us at College of Allied Educators to learn more about yourself, what motivates you, and how you can find happiness, meaning, and success in work, love, and life.

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology (PGDICP) is a counselling psychology course accredited by the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC). The part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology programme focuses on developing and enhancing experiential knowledge and skills through a holistic approach. Some of the subjects covered include Counselling Children, Addiction Intervention, Crisis Intervention, and Family Therapy.  

ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology (ADICP) trains students to apply appropriate counselling skills in different situations while understanding their underlying theories. The ADICP programme introduces students to the nature of psychology and relates it to the theories and concepts of counselling. Students move on to explore themselves in order to promote personal growth and self-awareness, acquiring the key attributes of a competent counsellor and the proper methods of applying those skills.

DIPLOMA IN COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY
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It’s easy to dismiss a question like this. The answer seems obvious; sure, I deserve to be happy. Except we shouldn’t make this assumption that this is the obvious answer, because a lot of people don’t actually think they deserve to be happy even if they say they do.

Everyone is trying to find their way in the world, whether they are young or old. Each person is trying to find happiness, but for many of us, we aren’t really sure exactly what happiness really is. We have an idea of what we think will make us happy; and often, it’s grinded into us over years that we’ll need to be successful. It is assumed happiness will follow that success.

When people hear and talk about happiness, there is a tendency to attach it to business, career, and monetary success. There is a good chance you have that thought as well. Especially when you’re worried about your future prospects and financial security, it’s hard not to tie happiness to money. Saying that, everyone does have an idea of what happiness looks like to them, apart from material success. So how do you define happiness?

Figuring out who you are is important and essential to figuring out what happiness means to you and where to find it. It’s also essential to figuring out what you want to be.