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Happiness Increases Longevity - Where Do We Find this Gift of Life?
Publish Date : 12/5/2004 9:29:00 AM   Source : Culture and Community News

According to U.S. research, you can add seven and a half years to your life just by being happy.

Backing this claim up is Laurie Hayes, Life Strategy Coach from Sudbury, Ontario who also states that genuine happiness is the key ingredient being sought after by most people who come to her.
Ms. Hayes works with people who have recognized this missing element in their lives and want to take corrective action towards a more meaningful, balanced existence.

“The pursuit of authentic happiness is an ongoing quest for many,” says Laurie. “Some people believe that by earning more money, working longer hours, and taking on more and more responsibility, they will somehow reap big benefits that will in the end guarantee happiness. Unfortunately that just isn’t the case, and research has now proven that the more comfortable life becomes, the more discontented and unfulfilled we become.”

Incredibly, professional men and women polled in a recent U.S. study were rated to be unhappiest of all. Most attributed work pressures, the need to achieve, family responsibilities, social pressures, busy lifestyles and the absence of personal and reflective time to feelings of discontentment, detachment, anxiety and even depression.

Ms. Hayes says people often wait so long to do anything about these feelings that by the time they come to her they are out of sync, overwhelmed, feeling heavy and isolated, and that it’s only through supportive, strategic life coaching they are able to learn how to live, laugh, play, and dream again.

Coaching used to be reserved for top-level executives, movie stars and large corporations, but is now being sought after by average, everyday people seeking positive life change. Already mainstream in the U.S., it is still relatively new in Canada, Australia and the UK. Coaching identifies core values, personal strengths and obstacles blocking people’s happiness and provides the forum for planning and carrying out a plan to create desired results. Unlike therapy, it focuses on co-creating a desired future based upon the person’s natural abilities and skills.

Laurie explains she got involved in helping people find their happiness because she lost herself many years ago.

“I know personally what it’s like to become so wrapped up in one thing that everything and everyone else in life seems to disappear. I experienced it years ago while building my first business. I was so caught up in success and achievement that everything else took second place, and I lost everything that really mattered to me - my home, my partner, etc. Back then there wasn’t such a thing as a life coach. I took a break, got my act together and reconstructed a more authentic and happy life. I learned a valuable lesson and now I want to do my bit to help others realize that they too can find happiness by not denying themselves. A lot of people don’t have anyone to support and listen to them, and that’s where I come in.”

Thankfully, real happiness is attainable and doesn’t have to come at the expense of something else. As a matter of fact, the source might be so close to us that we can’t even see it. The secret of extended life might be right under our noses, only waiting to be discovered.

For more information on Strategic Life Coaching, contact Laurie Hayes at (705) 560-0788 or by visiting www.wheretheheartis-lifecoaching.com

Laurie Hayes is a professional Life Strategy Coach who works with those seeking to recognize and seize opportunities presented in every day life. She has the ability to reveal the lesson to be learned in every situation and inspires others to seek out the best life has to offer. She is the founder of Where the Heart Is Life Coaching.