From a press release:
“Jewish Perspectives on Becoming Happy to the Core” course at The Chabad House
Beginning November 4, the Asheville Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present How Happiness Thinks: Jewish Perspectives on Positive Psychology, the institute’s new six-session fall 2014 course.
This course will be offered at The Chabad House, 660 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, over a six-week period. Registrants can choose to attend on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:30 pm beginning November 4th or on Wednesday mornings from 11:00 am-12:30 pm beginning November 5th. The course fee is $85 and includes textbooks and light refreshments.
“The science behind positive psychology has become very popular in recent years, and has drawn a lot of attention” explained Rabbi Shaya Susskind of the Asheville JLI. “People innately understand that to be happy and to have a positive attitude; can greatly impact their work and personal life. How Happiness Thinks addresses the question that so many ask: What makes happy people happy?”
Prepared in partnership between JLI and the Washington School of Psychiatry, the course offers up to 15 American Psychological Association (APA) continuing education credits. While positive psychology may be in mode today, Jewish wisdom and mysticism has addressed questions of what it means to be truly happy, when it is appropriate to be happy, and being happy in times of great difficulty for centuries. Combining Jewish thought with the latest research in the fast-growing field of positive psychology, How Happiness Thinks promises to offer a fresh perspective on this highly relevant and potentially life changing subject.
“This course is based on the premise that to be happy, you can either change the world, or you can change your way of thinking,” said Rabbi Susskind, the local JLI instructor in Asheville. “How Happiness Thinks contrasts 3000 years of Jewish wisdom on happiness with the latest observations and discoveries in positive psychology.”
The course focuses on ways to overcome the challenges that get in the way of our happiness, including stress, grief and self-concept as well as techniques to boost our happiness such as humility, gratitude and meaningful living.
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