[PUTEH PRESS] GLOW INSIDE & OUT - AUNI BAHARIN
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Penulis: AUNI BAHARIN
"To me, reviving our inner beauty means reclaiming our happiness and well being."
Happiness and well-being are adornments of this temporary life. They lift up the heaviness in our chests when navigating through obstacles and challenges in our journey towards the eternal destination; akhirah. Though happiness in its truest sense is a gift from the Creator, we also hold some degree of power on the reigns of our life to improve our well-being.
Inspired by the scientific input from Positive Psychology and understandings from the al-Quran and Sunnah, Glow Inside & Out presents to you 10 steps to rejuvenate your happiness and well-being. If following the 10-step Korean skincare routine can give you radiant "glass skin," then the author is hopeful that the 10 main insights from this book could ignite the spark to your inner glow.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
THE ESSENCE OF HAPPINESS
The yearning for happiness
Happiness from a psychological perspective
Seligman's Well-being Theory
The One who gives joy
The search for true happiness (sa'adah)
Who are the people who achieve happiness (sa'adah)
CHAPTER TWO
KNOWING YOUR STATE OF WELL-BEING
Mental health vs mental illness
How are you today
The Complete Mental Health Model
From languishing to flourishing
CHAPTER THREE
THE INGREDIENTS OF OUR EMOTIONS
What influences our emotions?
Emotional intelligence
The Broaden and Build model of positive emotions
Positive and negative emotions are not in the same boat
CHAPTER FOUR
PEELING GRATITUDE
Anecdote #1: Are we loved?
Anecdote #2: Bored at home
Anecdote #3: 'You're happy but you don't realise it'
The Beauty of the first Surah
Shukr in Islam
Allah's promise for the grateful ones
The opposite of gratitude: ungratefulness
Gratitude is challenging as patience
'Afiyah and Shukr
How gratitude boosts happiness from a psychological perspective
CHAPTER FIVE
STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTIVE BARRIER
Three strategies of resilient people that work
Three elements in resilient people
Anecdote: Aesyah My Queen
CHAPTER SIX
PREPPING OUR MOTIVATION
The purpose of life
Motivation
Anecdote 1: Pursuing my dream course
Anecdote 2: Love of writing that came from within
The power of small, but consistent improvements
My big why
Failures are part of nature
Detours are okay
CHAPTER SEVEN
ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY
Keys to productivity
Recharging the low battery and auto-pilot life
Mindfulness
Flow
Barakah
CHAPTER EIGHT
CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY
Humans, the best of creatures
Istiqamah
Grit
CHAPTER NINE
DAB IN SOME COLOUR, GLITTER AND SHINE
Creators are pioneers
Anecdote 1: Qis, the birthday maestro
Anecdote 2: Qis, the toymaker
The creative process
The origin of ideas is Allah
The beauty of words
CHAPTER TEN
MANAGING OUR GO-TO SURVIVAL KIT
Coping mechanisms
Defence mechanisms
ACKNOWLEDEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE ARTIST
REFERENCES
CHAPTER ONE
The Essence of Happiness
The Yearning for Happiness
Humans are blessed creatures. We're different from the lifeless puppets that are made to laugh, walk and dance by puppeteers. We are walking souls with extraordinary minds and living emotions. Naturally, we would always want to taste the sweetest of things, the best that we can get. Our hearts constantly yearn for the sweetest emotion--happiness.