Filling the Happiness Gap

by Will Foster

Overview

Does pursuing happiness sometimes feel like chasing a butterfly? What if you gave up seeking perfection and simply tried to fill each day with more of the good stuff?

Over the last decade, life coach Will Foster has researched the work of hundreds of happiness experts and conducted thousands of hours of life coaching, NLP and personal training sessions with CEOs, mums, athletes and everyone in between. What he discovered is that focusing on the cool stuff in our life, accepting what we can’t (and can) control and becoming more mindful of ‘the present’ leaves us all feeling a whole lot happier.

In Filling the Happiness Gap, Will reveals his 21-day Gratitude, Acceptance and Presence (GAP) programme for creating more happiness each day. You’ll learn how to:

· Use gratitude practices to help you slow down and view your life from a new and more empowered perspective
· Accept ‘what is’ in order to release stress, deal with problems and inspire change
· Become mindful of the present moment to help take control of your thoughts
· Stop holding back and start creating the life of your dreams

Once you’ve completed the programme, Will shares how to make Gratitude, Acceptance and Presence lifelong practices, empowering you to dare greatly, love deeply, live freely and, above all, feel happier!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781809761
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	11/21/2017
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Will Foster is a life coach and happiness expert whose work has been featured on ITV’s Lorraine. His philosophy rests on taking a 'good enough' approach to life as he guides people to understand who they are and what they want from their life. Will has also spoken across Europe on the benefits of mindfulness and wellbeing. www.willfosterhappinesscoach.com

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is the Happiness GAP? xi

Part I The Happiness Gap 21-Day Programme

Days 1-5: Laying the Foundations 3

P - Bring your awareness to the present 5

A - Accept what you cannot control 8

G - What was good about today? 9

Days 6-10: Putting the Happiness GAP into Action 13

G - Who are you thankful for? 13

A - Can you accept other people? 15

P - Meditate in chunks 19

Days 11-15: Bridging the Happiness GAP 27

G - Be openly grateful to someone 28

A - What's blocking your emotional river? 31

P - Become 'super-mindful' 34

Days 16-21: Bringing It All Together 43

G - What are you grateful for in yourself? 44

A - Put acceptance into action 48

P - Have a flow experience 54

Part II Filling the Happiness Gap for Life

Introducing Lifelong GAPiness 71

Lifelong Gratitude 83

Don't save it for the funeral 84

Enough now means more tomorrow 91

Be thankful for life's crap 92

Have a moment of introspection 95

Lifelong Acceptance 99

The two levels of lifelong acceptance 99

Perfectionism vs 'good enough' 108

Success = happiness vs happiness = success 114

Lifelong Living in the Present 121

Tuning in to your deeper self 121

The Universal Mind 124

Lifelong meditation 128

Lifelong flow 133

Q&A: flow experiences 134

Balancing present joy and future excitement 140

Are you on the present road or the future road? 141

Applying the Happiness GAP to Your Relationships 157

Better relationships = more happiness 158

G - What are you grateful for in those close to you? 159

A - Accepting others the way they are 166

P - Be mindfully present with others 181

Applying the Happiness GAP to Your Body and Mind 193

Managing your mind-body-happiness levels 194

G - What do you have to be grateful for in your body? 196

A - Can you accept your body and health? 200

P - Are you with your meals? 206

Conclusion: Some Final Words from Your Coach 217

About the Author 227