By diligently following personal well-being courses, we can improve and optimize both our level of life satisfaction (how satisfied we are with our lives) and emotional well-being (how good we feel). Over time, and by working persistently with these techniques, we can even generate profound changes in the functioning of our brain and its biochemical structure, progressively ceasing to use the parts of our brain related to discomfort and more intensely utilizing those parts associated with feelings of well-being, thereby experiencing a happier life.
Benefits and Costs of Personal Well-being Training:
| Benefits | Costs |
| Improved life satisfaction | Investment of time and energy |
| Increase in pleasant emotions | Forgoing other uses of that time, energy, and money, which implies sacrifice |
| Decrease in unpleasant emotions | Self-discipline |
| Improved happiness | Facing our limitations and being self-critical |
| Improved relationships | Changing our beliefs and ideas |
| Potential health improvement (happier people are proven to have better health) | Ceasing to function by inertia to take control of our lives |
| Potential increase in income (happier people are proven to have higher incomes) | Sometimes, effort |
| Improved well-being for our children | Modifying our lifestyle and schedule organization |
| Greater level of awareness and self-knowledge | |
| Development of our concentration | |
| Development of our intellectual, cultural, and rational capacity | |
| Theoretical and practical knowledge about personal well-being | |
| Increase in our emotional intelligence | |
| Achievement of goals and aspirations | |
| Problem-solving | |
| Improvement of our physical and facial beauty | |
| Healthy eating and exercise habits | |
| Development of beneficial behaviors | |
| Improvement of our social skills | |
| Improvement of aspects of our life with which we are dissatisfied | |
| Ability to work as a personal well-being coach or trainer (once the Master’s degree in Personal Well-being is obtained) |
If we truly commit ourselves, we can probably achieve self-actualization and a high level of life satisfaction. However, to be honest, it is important to clarify that this does not mean an impeccable and perfect life. We will not stop having problems. It will not make us immune. We may still experience difficult and stressful moments, frustration, pain, illness, or loss, during which we feel sad. All of this is natural. Experiencing unpleasant sensations helps us survive and is unavoidable for almost everyone. What these courses do is provide us with tools to face these adversities and negative sensations, helping us feel better (or less bad) in such situations.
Achieving good results in the ability to be happy is highly desirable, but it is not free; it usually comes at a price: dedicating sufficient time to train this ability. The good news is that working on our lives is usually pleasant and enriching. Furthermore, partial results can begin to be seen relatively quickly. If we work on the different techniques and areas of our lives, we will see how our level of life satisfaction and emotional well-being gradually increase.
It’s like a muscle: the more we exercise it, the stronger it gets. It doesn’t matter if the muscle is minimal or atrophied; by working on it, we develop it. The key is to train the well-being muscle again and again. If we do, it’s impossible not to achieve gradual results.
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