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Change your Life without Changing your Life. Heather K. Hubeny , LMSW, CEAP Employee Assistance Program Coordinator. Starting Where You Are. Starting Where You Are. Set point theory – a person’s basic happiness level doesn’t fluctuate much. Starting Where You Are.
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Change your Life without Changing your Life Heather K. Hubeny, LMSW, CEAP Employee Assistance Program Coordinator
Starting Where You Are Set point theory – a person’s basic happiness level doesn’t fluctuate much
Starting Where You Are “Events that we anticipate will give us joy make us less happy than we think; things that fill us with dread will make us less unhappy, for less long, than we anticipate.” Dan Gilbert, PhD , Stumbling On Happiness
Starting Where You Are Good News! We have some control over our own happiness levels
Starting Where You Are More good news: • 84% of Americans ranked themselves “very happy” or “pretty happy” in 2006 study • International Survey: Average person rates themselves a 7 on a 1-10 happiness scale