21 days to a Happier you!!

The Happiness Project...Wanna know how it went???

After 21 days of Happiness, I am proud to announce that my first ever run of ‘The Happiness Project’ was a huge success!!

Starting a new project is always daunting but of course, exciting too. Last month I launched my first ever ‘Happiness Project’ group coaching course...You haven't heard of it?? Click here to find out what The Happiness Project is all about!!

Our group consisted of 6 members, including myself, and what an absolute JOY it was working these 5 inspirational people.

Wanna know how they found the course?? 

Here are some of their comments…

Will I be running the course again??

YES, I plan to run the course every month as of April 2014!!!

I was approached by a group of friends in Gwangju to run “The Happiness Project” with them (see packages for details of getting your own group together), and this will be starting on Mon, Dec 2^nd. This however, will unfortunately be the last time I will be running this course in Korea, due to time constraints.

My schedule is now unfortunately officially full and I thus cannot fit in any more clients before 2014.....BUT...

As you may or may not know, I will be returning to SA mid-March next year. {Read more here}. I am planning on taking on clients in SA from mid-April 2014, and will soon be opening up some discounted packages for people to start booking their spaces with me.

YAY!!! 

1 week left for signing up for 'The Happiness Project'!!!

The Happiness Project officially begins in 2 weeks...which also means that there is only 1 week left for sign ups!!!

A 21 day group coaching course aimed at rewiring your mind into thinking more positively. 

This is the perfect opportunity for you to text a friend and decide to take on this challenge together!! Support each other, be challenged individually and ultimately become a happier, more grateful YOU!!

What's the course all about???

What would change in your life if you decided to invest more time and effort into the 'internal' you and wasted less time on the 'external' you? 

What would it take for you to stop being one of those people who are quick to compliment/spot a good idea, but struggle to commit, struggle to actually take the plunge??  
I have come up with 5 key happiness triggers that have proven to increase positivity and in-turn happiness. We will embrace 5 daily challenges over the 21 days of working together, with the aim of starting to rewire the way our minds process things.  

Follow this link to find out more about this course!

What to expect: An amazing, comprehensive workbook which will guide you through your 21 days, daily emails from me, as well as 4 group-coaching sessions!!


Cost: 50 000 won for the full 21 day program (just over 10 000 won per week). Payment needs to be made before the 29th October, to the account listed at the bottom of this post. Please email me, confirming that you have paid - caitlyndebeer@gmail.com


Next session starts: Monday, 4th November 2013 (Gwangju, South Korea) 

Register now by filling in the contact form on my this page (Subject: The Happiness Project) to book your space before the 29th Oct 2013. I will email you back with all the exciting information you need before we begin! 

Account Details:

Bank:                    KEB (Korean Exchange Bank)

Account holder:    Caitlyn Ann De Beer

Account number:  620-219546-748 

Life is never going to stop and give you time to work on yourself. NOW is your time!! - Gwangju, sign up here!!!

A 21 day group coaching course aimed at rewiring your mind into thinking more positively. 

What would change in your life if you decided to invest more time and effort into the 'internal' you and wasted less time on the 'external' you? 
     

I have come up with 5 key happiness triggers that have proven to increase positivity and in-turn happiness. We will embrace a number of challenges over the 21 days of working together, with the aim of starting to rewire the way our minds process things.  

Follow this link to find out more about this course!

What to expect: An amazing, comprehensive workbook which will guide you through your 21 days as well as 4 group-coaching sessions!!

Cost: 50 000 won for the full 21 day program (just over 10 000 won per week). Payment needs to be made before the 29th October, to the account listed at the bottom of this post.

Next session starts: Monday, 4th November 2013 (Gwangju, South Korea) 

Register now by filling in the contact form on my this page (Subject: The Happiness Project) to book your space. I will email you back with all the exciting information you need before we begin! 

Nervous about joining a group coaching program on your own??? That makes perfect sense. Either, get hold of a friend who you feel would also benefit from joining this program and sign up together, or let this be YOUR defining moment. A moment when you let go of those little fears holding you back and you decide to take on the future as if you meant for it to happen!!

Space is limited so don't wait around - Life, unfortunately, is never going to stop and give you time to work on yourself, NOW is your time!! 

Let's turn our backs on average living and start the process in rewiring our minds to start thinking like a 'happy person'!

You can also -

Contact me if you have a group  of 5 - 7 people that are interested in taking this course together. We can set a starting date that suits us all and you will get a group discount!



Payment Details:

Bank: KEB (Korean Exchange Bank)
Account holder: Caitlyn Ann De Beer
Account number: 620-219546-748 

The Happiness Project!!

“A 21day Group-coaching Program aimed at getting you started on rewiring your mind into thinking more positively”.               

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Psychologists have proved it. Some fight it. We LIVE it….. I call it - the Happiness dilemma.

What is the happiness dilemma??

It has been proven that more than half of society still believe that their happiness is determined by external factors; money, relationships, success, when in fact internal factors play a far larger role in sustaining happiness. Positive Psychologist & Harvard Professor, Shawn Achor has done extensive research on this notion and it is around his research that this course was created.

So, what comes first – happiness or success?

As Shaun points out “Most people follow this formula: if you work harder, you will be more successful, and then you will be happy. This formula is scientifically backward. A decade of research shows that training your brain to be positive first actually fuels greater success second.”

The thing with success is that we tend to move the goalposts every time we achieve something, that way always making ‘happiness’ just out of our reach.

So how exactly do we reverse this formula?

Well, according to science and research, happiness is a result of the way that your mind processes things! Put simply, when we feed ourselves with average thoughts, we become ‘average people’.

Living with the notion that you were created with a certain personality, characteristics and set of circumstances that may limit your capacity for constant happiness, is what is referred to as “settling”; settling for a life that is comfortable, expected of you and requires little from you – a life that is actually way below your standards, your design, your talents and your deeply rooted dreams. And it’s that notion that we will be diving into in this course!!

What this course will propose is - ‘WHAT IF’?

-       What if it were possible to rewire the way your mind processes things?

-       What if it were possible to break the habit of negative thinking?

-       What if you were willing to start investing more of your time & energy on the internal you, and not so much on the external you?

Why 21 days??

Well, it is said to take 21 days to create or break a habit, and according to positive psychology, it can take 21 days to start the process of rewiring our brains to think more positively.So, 21 days it will be :)

How will it work?

It’s simple really. A habit is said to be made, or broken, in 21 days. We will attempt to include some new habits in your day-to-day living, and in the process of doing this, start rewiring the way your minds work.

We begin the course with a face-to-face session, where I explain how the course will run, what inspired me to create it as well as presenting you with your comprehensive workbook which you will work through on your own over the 21 days. As of that day, you begin implementing the 5 Happiness Habits into your daily life and you journal all this in your workbook.

The course includes 4 face-to-face group sessions, including the first intro session. Session usually take place at 7pm on a week day evening; however this can be altered according to the groups schedule. The face-to-face group sessions include accountability in terms of the workbook you are filling in, as well as weekly coaching activities.

And finally, to keep you inspired, you will also receive a daily email (from me), including little positivity-inspired challenges, links to inspiring ted-talks and general accountability for the full 21 days.

Do I believe that a simple 21 day course will create lasting happiness? NO, I’m not that unrealistic…but I do know, that there are most definitely certain characteristics of the way positive people think, that do indeed make their lives that much ‘happier’.

Who is this course aimed at?

    - All those who are needing a little nudge in terms of their general positivity levels.

    - Anyone who is up for a challenge, or 5, and is determined to see change take place in their lives. 

    - Those who are determined to get ahead in life…to turn their backs on average living and to rewire their minds to think like a ‘happy’ person :)

Your investment:

The cost of this 21 day program is R500 per client. This price is inclusive of 4 face-to-face group sessions, a comprehensive workbook as well as daily emails there to encourage you to get the most out of this program.

Sounds like just the thing for me! Where do I sign up??

YAY!!! I’m SO excited for you to join me on this adventure, in finding out how to make small changes in your life that will not only make you happier but more self aware and self assured too!!

Next session starts:  

Monday, 2nd June 2014 in Kloof, KZN, South Africa. Sessions will take place in the evenings from 7pm - 8pm. (ONLY 10 spots available). Follow this link to sign up for more information on how to book your spot!! J 

Immediate gratification..

I spent the entire day yesterday refining and getting ready to launch my latest group-coaching program, The Happiness Project. I am SO excited about this program and can't wait for the launch later today...but before I get there, I wanted to touch on a somewhat interesting topic - 'immediate gratification'.

In a world that is changing by the day, advancing and developing, and that screams if you want it, you can have it; it's become progressively harder to stay grounded, to keep a balance between feeding the external you with 'stuff' and still maintaining growth on the inside. 

While doing my research for "The Happiness Project", I came across a number of statistics that prove , once again, that your external world/circumstances truly have little value in predicting your long term happiness. I mean we know this right??!!! And yet still we find it easier to spend our money, time and efforts on things that last only a moment, things that provide a taste of happiness but never actually truly fulfill us. 

On a more personal note, I recently started shopping. Now I know that sounds funny, but I've genuinely never been interested in shopping. I hate spending money and so shopping was never a 'thing' for me. But recently I've given into these small pleasures. I have also recently started watching more series. Both of these activities require little effort from my side, but they require both my time and my money..and ultimately the reward, well just say I'm not a better person because of either! Now, I'm not anti-shopping or series-watching, but what I've found is that most of us are more than happy to spend a good chunk of money at 'H and M' on Saturdays, or a good amount of our time watching meaningless series. Both of these activities are likely to only boost your confidence/increase your happiness for a couple of minutes, maybe hours, but yet for some reason, we are still so scared to invest our money in programs that focus on the internal us, instead of the external, things that require commitment, things that yield real results!! By programs I mean studying further, self-help things, joining a Bible study group, doing a coaching course, reading an informative book...basically things that challenge us rather than keep us where we are at.

The Happiness Project is by no means a '10 steps-to-a-Happier-You' type program. That's not the way I work, think or live. Instead, it's about digging deep, setting goals and committing to challenges. It's about spending your time on the things that matter and filling your mind with positive thoughts, and your life with positive actions. And with that, helping you become a better, and hopefully happier, more grateful you!!! A you that starts to see the world for what it is, and doesn't get stuck on focusing on what it isn't. A you that gets excited about being alive today and sees potential in all of mankind.