Six Happiness Myths

By Mel Ryan

We spend most of our lives trying to find happiness.

We search for a Soulmate who is meant to make us feel complete.

We overgive and sacrifice ourselves hoping to find love and instead we are exhausted, unappreciated, and taken for granted.

We try to find success which leads us to competition, judgment, and never feeling good

• Language: English
• Publisher: Learning to Love Yourself
• Release date: May 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9780994416827

Mel Ryan

Mel has worked with people for 23 years. By asking thought-provoking questions, Mel challenges the way we have been taught to think. This allows each individual to question things in their life in a safe and comforting way. To understand why and what that means from a new perspective.Through her amazing ability to help bring clarity and insight into life, Mel helps people move from life happening to them. From feeling, unloved, unappreciated and taken for granted. To return to ourselves, to connect and listen to ourselves, to find our answers within. To live from a place where we are whole, authentic, and unapologetic. Where we stay full of self-love, self-awareness and instead of emotionally reacting to life we are able to choose what happens next.

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Six Happiness Myths

Six Happiness Myths

Six Happiness Myths

Mel Ryan

Learning to Love Yourself

Contents

Dedication

Six Happiness Myths

One Myth 1. When You Find Your Soulmate You Will Find Happiness

Two Myth 2. Sacrificing Yourself Leads To Happiness

Three Myth 3. Following The Rules Will Lead You To Happiness

Four Myth 4. The More Success You Have The Happier You Will Be

Five Myth 5. When You Trust People You Will Find Happiness

Six Myth 6. Drastically Changing Your Life Will Lead You To Happiness

Seven About The Handbook

About The Author

To all of my clients and their Happiness Journeys.

This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice for physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and wellbeing. 

Copyright © 2022 by Mel Ryan

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

First Printing, 2022

Six Happiness Myths

Six Happiness Myths

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There are Six Myths We Follow to Lead us to Happiness.

All of them Guarantee We Will Fail.

When someone walks into my room, in my clinic, one of the first things we do is discuss what is going on in their life. In reality, what we are establishing is their degree of happiness, how much control over it they have, and if in fact, they think that they have any control at all. Over the many years I have worked with clients, there is a strong consensus that some people are lucky and some people are not. In other words, if luck goes your way and you are blessed with good fortune in life, then happiness should be all but guaranteed.

Truthfully and it’s a truth that may shock you, not all the people who come into my clinic seeking help have horrendously unlucky stories. The number of people who say I don’t understand. I have a good job, a great partner, nice kids, a caring family, and financial stability. I honestly have everything I could ever want, and yet, I am so not ok. Something must be wrong with me. I should be happy

And whilst you may want to trade spots with them to give their life a go, if happiness eludes them (even with the keys of happiness they hold), then it will most probably elude you too.

‘Why?’ you ask, because these keys of happiness are myths. Happiness like this is like trying to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

We need to understand the myths before we can address the happiness.

One

Myth 1. When You Find Your Soulmate You Will Find Happiness

When you find your Soulmate you will find Happiness

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WHERE IT BEGINS

I want to look at the truth about ‘Soulmates’, and the myth behind thinking we need them for our happiness. A Soulmate is a concept that we not only hear about but talk about all our lives.

The movie industry invests and makes billions of dollars each year in promoting the concept of Soulmates. Consequently, the most common question that psychics are asked is When am I going to meet my Soulmate? Even as kids, we wonder who we will marry.

So what is a Soulmate?