Self-acceptance

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A new survey has found that self-acceptance is the ‘healthy habit’ people struggle with most.  A survey was done by Action for Happiness (a UK charity) on ‘happy’ habits covering these 10 areas:

1.  Giving

                -how often you make an effort to help or be kind to others

2.  Relating

                -how often you put effort into the relationships that matter to you

3.  Exercising

                -how often you spend at least ½ hour a day being active

4.  Appreciating

                -how often you take time to notice the good things in your life

5.  Trying-out

                -how often you learn or try new things

6.  Direction

-how often you do things that contribute to your most important life goals

7.  Resilience

                -how often you find ways to bounce back quickly from problems

8.  Emotions

                -how often you do things that make you feel good

9.  Acceptance

                - how often you are kind to yourself and think you are fine as you are

10.  Meaning

                -how often you do things that give you a sense of meaning or purpose

The survey found that practicing self-acceptance is one thing that could make the biggest difference too many people’s happiness.  The ‘acceptance’ area scores the lowest.  Some of the recommended action by the program includes;

                -being as kind to yourself as you are to others

                -spending quality quit time by yourself

Some of the key habits to leading an independent life well into old age and keeping chronic disease at bay are:

                -being positive

                -looking at the brighter side of things

                -enjoying the smaller things in life

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Self-acceptance key to happiness

TheSun on Friday March 28 2014