Do you want to live your best life?<br><br>Do you know how to create the happiest marriage in the world?<br><br>Would you like to be able to evaluate your psychotherapy?<br><br>What are marital guts?<br><br>Judith Coche takes on big questions in this little book, weaving stories from her practice in clinical psychology to illustrate how to create your own pathways to happiness.<br><br>Learn how to apply proven benefits from positive psychology to living an optimal life: Enjoy brief chapters on positive emotions and how to enjoy them, how to create happiness by loving someone skillfully, how to develop marital guts. <br><br>Stories from Clinical Practice illuminate psychotherapy. Tamara uses her adaptability skills to build resilience and to heal from a smashed ankle from an accident biking down a steep Hawaiian mountain. Lila, who lacks core identity needed to set boundaries with her daughter, is encouraged by her group to set take better care of herself and to develop her internal strength. <br><br>Other stories illustrate Dr. Coche's deep love of animals and unique sense of humor. In Penelope's Water Walk, we chuckle over the dedication of a cat owner who subjects his beloved Penelope to the misery of being submerged in bubbling water because he hopes the therapy will extend her life. In The Heart Beneath That Hard Shell, we are drawn into a love triangle in which tiny Rocky tries to steal the heart of his beloved Gracie from her macho boyfriend, Bart. <br><br>Dr. Coche's work with couples is renowned and her handling of marital love is both insightful and entertaining.In How Happy Is Your Marriage, we learn that loving someone is the greatest human need. In The Happiest Marriage in the World, we find a tongue in cheek recipe with thought-provoking ingredients that serve the couple but nurture all their children and grandchildren. <br><br>These stories bring home the message of positive psychology in an easy to read and personal statement by one of the distinguished psychotherapists for women, couples, and families. They allow you to absorb these important lessons so that you too can live your best life.
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Judith PhD Coche PhD. Your Best Life: Pathways to Happiness
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF YOUR LIFE
POSITIVE EMOTIONS. I INTEND TO ENJOY IT
ADAPTABILITY IS MY MIDDLE NAME
LEMONS TO LEMONADE
SAILOR’S TIMELESS WISDOM
ENGAGEMENT. HOW CAN YOU CREATE HAPPINESS?
BIRTH ROW, FRONT AND CENTER
JUST THE FACTS
WONDERFULL LEARNING
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS. MARITAL GUTS
THE HAPPIEST MARRIAGE IN THE WORLD
HOW HAPPY IS YOUR MARRIAGE?
SISSY POWER
“JUST OLD?” A WHITBY TAIL
MEANING. A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER
PENELOPE’S WATER WALK
THE WOMAN WHO GAVE HERSELF AWAY
THE HEART BENEATH THAT HARD SHELL
ACCOMPLISHMENT. LITHE LIMBS
NO PERFECT PEOPLE ALLOWED
MY NECESSITY IS YOUR LUXURY
THEY LIVE IN MY HEART
EPILOGUE. EPILOGUE
UNIQUELY YOU
CLIENTS DESCRIBE THEIR GROWTH AT THE COCHE CENTER, LLC
WELL WISHES:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PHOTO CREDITS
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How much do you want to live your best life day after day, decade after decade? Yes, it is easy to thrive when the universe provides easy choices. And no, life does not always cooperate: health falters, pets die, careers take dives, storms damage our best lives.
Positive Psychology has packaged age old wisdom to provide us with winning ways to approach life. The concepts mirror my own professional judgments, gleaned in 35 years of study and clinical practice in human development and existential psychology. Finally, we have guidelines to help each of us weather, and become stronger from, catastrophe, illness, aging and loss. Good stuff, this.
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Ann, tall, lithe and elegant, listened. Each time Brad brought up this theme she reminded him that she had grown up in financial need, and she loved her work. But ever since Brad had read the psychological research that tells us that money is not highly related to happiness, Brad had become tenacious about creating an optimal life without wealth. Accomplished at sales presentations, he made an impressive pitch. As the three of us sat together week after week, he did influence her towards shifting her primary motivation from material comfort to well being.
Curiosity engaged, Ann wanted to understand the major concepts behind Brad’s aspirations, but she worried that he might spin the facts to be more convincing. Because she trusted my knowledge of the field, she turned to me. “Judith, I want to know more about the ingredients that go into being satisfied with life. Is there a list or something? Do we even know?”
