tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post2934995541206965865..comments2023-10-02T13:32:13.207+00:00Comments on Anne Brooke Books: Pink Champagne, counselling and catching upAnne Brookehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-80844375668615205162007-05-03T15:03:00.000+00:002007-05-03T15:03:00.000+00:00Interesting thoughts indeed, Cathy! And sounds lik...Interesting thoughts indeed, Cathy! And sounds like a useful book too - will have to get that one sometime and have a look at it. Though the one I'm reading at the moment, "Authentic Happiness", is useful too - at least it's certainly making me think.<BR/><BR/>Kunu does person-centred counselling, which I have to admit to preferring - am getting a lot out of it at the moment too. She doesn't like negative thoughts either!<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-90220338667981166292007-05-03T11:06:00.000+00:002007-05-03T11:06:00.000+00:00At the risk of stirring up another controversy, I ...At the risk of stirring up another controversy, I wonder if the amount of self help books around actually encourage us to do too much thinking about our lives and too little living?<BR/><BR/>I can't even remember how many of those life coach type books I have read yet in the end I usually ignore what they have said and find my own way. It is certainly great to have targets and to actually do something towards them, I don't think I could live without having some sort of short- and longterm aims. <BR/><BR/>But what is happiness? No one can be happy all the time. I think life is much more about accepting the here and now and then making the right choices to move forward towards our dreams. Anne, have you ever read the book 'Happiness is a Choice' by Barry Neil Kaufmann? Or any book on cognitive behavioural therapy? It is all about challenging your own negative thoughts, but that is probably what you are doing in counselling anyway ( depends what sort of counselling Kunu uses).Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103529618681254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-5935910500982773222007-05-02T20:03:00.000+00:002007-05-02T20:03:00.000+00:00Oh yes, I see what you mean - a by-product, I supp...Oh yes, I see what you mean - a by-product, I suppose!<BR/><BR/>I'm obviously stuck in Philosophy Corner tonight (which sounds suspiciously Radio 4-like to me) ...<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/><BR/>:))<BR/><BR/>A<BR/>xxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-84860607002805089012007-05-02T19:43:00.000+00:002007-05-02T19:43:00.000+00:00Sorry. If it seemed derogatory, perhaps it was be...Sorry. If it seemed derogatory, perhaps it was because I dashed it off without thinking, and also because it's a sort of shorthand. <BR/><BR/> I wouldn't want to offend or hurt you.<BR/><BR/> Perhaps what I should have said is that happiness is something nebulous and insubstantial. If you examine it, you find it's not there. Therefore happiness itself cannot stand that sort of examination. However, <BR/>looking at your life to see how you can progress is different.Jackie Lubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865586154414594682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-57078914555081989382007-05-02T17:42:00.000+00:002007-05-02T17:42:00.000+00:00Ooh, thanks, Robin - glad you liked it!And I know ...Ooh, thanks, Robin - glad you liked it!<BR/><BR/>And I know we don't agree, Jackie - but we'll have to agree to disagree I'm afraid. I still object to the phrase "navel gazing" though - way too derogatory for my liking.<BR/><BR/>Keeping tidy though!<BR/><BR/>AAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-7626728069572596752007-05-02T17:39:00.000+00:002007-05-02T17:39:00.000+00:00I don't agree with what you say about not agreeing...I don't agree with what you say about not agreeing about what I said about navel gazing - if that makes sense. You can still know what you want and where you want to get to without actually asking yourself if you're happy. I'm very impressed with all the constructive things you're doing at the moment. Making decisions about what you want to do and what you don't want to do and doing them - I heartily approve of. (Oh dear, an adverb. Forbidden territory.) Keep it up. Even the cleaning.<BR/>JackieJackie Lubenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865586154414594682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21870845.post-67538315590177069262007-05-02T17:05:00.000+00:002007-05-02T17:05:00.000+00:00Anne,Absolutely loved the knickers line! That was...Anne,<BR/>Absolutely loved the knickers line! That was priceless.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535192007893533211noreply@blogger.com