I specialize in treating depression, anxiety and stress through my three month Happiness Makeover™ training program, which can be completed virtually or in person and has been endorsed by a diplomat of the American Psychiatry Association. I believe every person has what it takes to live a happy and stress free life regardless of their circumstances. Visit me at www.HappinessMakeover.com
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Now having worked with Aymee I have experienced happiness from within.
Trial Attorney, San Francisco
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
"Working with Aymee is an absolute pleasure and a life changing experience."
~ Sam Wright
Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
3 Steps to combat S.A.D.
You’re not quite depressed, but you’re not exactly your old self. You’ve got a case of the winter blues, gloomy like the weather. Some people call this Seasonal Affective Disorder, appropriately shortened to S.A.D.
You may think there’s no way to get through S.A.D. other than wait it out and pray that the groundhog doesn’t see his shadow in February. But there’s no reason you can’t be happy and your usual sunny self just because the weather isn’t cooperating.
You just have to take your happiness into your own hands.
Step 1: Decide to be happy no matter what.
Tell yourself you won’t let the weather, your boss, traffic, finances, or obligations affect your state of mind anymore. Sign the happiness decision provided by the Happiness Club and make your decision official with a contract.
Step 2: Add happiness activities to your daily routine.
Keeping a sunny state of mind during the winter months means exercising your happiness muscles. Each day, either in the morning while you have your coffee or at night before you go to sleep, write what you appreciate in a gratitude journal, never saying the same thing twice. By focusing on the good things in life, the darkness won’t seem as immense.
Step 3: Practice random acts of kindness.
Tell someone they have a nice smile. Open the door for someone. Smile at a stranger on the street. Wave to the mailman or your neighbor. Pick up some trash on the ground. Do 5 things, even small things, every day that make someone else’s life better.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
"Going through the happiness makeover has brought me enlightenment and re-introduced me to my higher-self. "
Going through the happiness makeover has brought me enlightenment and re-introduced me to my higher-self. I am still on the journey, yet I would like to share what Aymee has done for me.
Through our sessions, Aymee identified and named a psychological habit that had been hindering me for over 2 decades. Taking me though several exercises, and walking me through tearful phone calls, I am now able to instantly identify this demon and convert it to positive action. Finally, an answer after living with terrible self-criticism for years.
We all experience many trials in life, but I have learned from Aymee that we can still living in each moment, and in each moment there is beauty and life and something to be grateful for, no matter how dire the circumstance may seem.
Aymee is intuitive, kind and generous, a powerful healer, and very determined to assist others in their pursuit of happiness. On thing I know for sure, the world is a better place because of her. There is a ripple effect to having coaching with Aymee. I hope to be able to “pay it forward” because she has truly helped me become happier and a better person.
T. Ryan
Financial Services Industry
Is Sustainable Happiness in our Spirit?
Many people have looked for happiness in foreign material objects.
Many have looked for happiness in different areas of the globe.
Many people have looked for happiness in psychological medication.
Many people have looked for happiness in their mind or in their brain.
Since 1996, I have been studying, learning, developing and teaching sustainable happiness and I have come to understand that it very well may be impossible to find and develop sustainable happiness in your mind and brain. It turns out that we can not ‘think’ ourselves to feeling this deep internal contentment.
Our brain functions our emotional center of our human experience yet the nature of emotions come and go no matter what we do. They are temporary and transient.
This type of happiness, hedonic happiness, is evoked by external circumstances basically entirely out of our control.
Most of us live primarily in an experience dictated by our left brain which is an experience dictated by limitation, fear, criticism, striving, pragmatics, and doing.
What if I said, well,
“We are human beings.
We are not human thinkings or human doings.”
We cannot “think” our way to sustainable happiness.
We have to create happiness from the inside out.
It is very unusual to find someone who has achieved those heart and soul connected experiences. It is through listening to our heart and soul that we find the answers to the treasure of our sustainable happiness.
Would you like to learn how to develop this deep inner contentment that provides you with that heart centered warm fuzzy feeling that presents the greatest experience known to man? A true unwavering deeply ingrained feeling of complete and utter faith that you are a happy person no longer looking for what you are longing for. You are just being a happy person.
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"If you've ever given a thought to attaining a life overflowing with happiness, you need to speak with Aymee Coget."
Paul
Screenwriter
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, August 09, 2008
"I have you to thank for helping me achieve this inner happiness"
Latest Testimonial
I want to sincerely THANK YOU for your assistance in helping me find my true happiness again. Meeting with you once a week helped me to not only solidify the fundamental things I need in my life for happiness, such as meaning and purpose and authenticity, but also helped me circle back to the simple things that we all need to remember like “I am rubber, you are glue, whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!” Your wisdom on this subject is clear, your conviction is great and it shows in the curriculum you teach.
Every morning I tell myself “I am happy” and I consistently remember to find five new things that I am grateful for daily. The “random acts of kindness” exercise will always stick with me because I believe what you put out you get back. Having this belief at my core was something that was bolstered by taking your class, and I appreciate your efforts in making this a fundamental teaching.
Finally, practicing positive language techniques, believing in the “best self” and simple happiness techniques that you impart on your students has helped to make my life more enriched and it shows in my relationships with others. And, I have you to thank for helping me achieve this inner happiness.
Aymee, thank you for what you do and I wish you all my best!
~ Anonymous
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
"I would recommend Aymee's Happiness Makeover to the world!"
In January, I started Aymee Coget’s 3 month sustainable happiness makeover. What I feel was most significant was that I learned how to cultivate sustainable happiness....meaning, it is nature and the human condition to go in and out of balance. To perhaps experience trouble, obstacles, etc....and negative emotions are part of that process. But I learned through my happiness training how I can choose to respond authentically to what occurs in life rather than react. I don't have to be consumed by negative patterns. I can change them. Therefore, I learned how to think, feel and act differently so I can sustain my happiness and well being no matter what happens. I am very grateful I had the opportunity to do the work with Aymee and I recommend it to the world.
Rebecca Roman
FeldenKrais Instructor/ Yoga Teacher
Monday, April 28, 2008
3 Steps in 3 Minutes for Ultimate Relaxation
Spring break is here, and while some of us are partying it up at exotic destinations, the rest of us are working like dogs.
What we can do in the face of the looming tasks is take a few moments every day for some hard-earned relaxation and reflection.
Maybe you want to go to that favorite destination that brings you peace, tranquility, harmony, vitality, health and overall peace of mind.
It turns out that no one except us can give us that time and energy it takes to make the decision to just stop for a minute.
Yes. One minute. Make it three if you really can…
Take a moment to make your brain become a stop light. Nominate a certain time of day or a certain song on the radio or a monument you see every day to just stop what you are doing, close your eyes and see yourself in that special place. Then feel in your body what it would feel like. Cultivate that feeling and visualize it spreading through your body down your arms to your hands and down your legs to your feet so your entire body feels that tranquility, that peace of mind.
We can take a vacation at any moment, all we have to do is make the decision to do it!
You can start right now. Commemorate the moment you decided to take your relaxation seriously for the first time!
Step 1: Find your REMINDER
Nominate a method of how you are going to remind and inspire yourself to go to your special destination.
Step 2: VISUALIZE your Tranquil Destination
Close your eyes and picture yourself there with as much detail as you can…
Step 3: EMOTIONALIZE
Feel what it is like to be there be there for between 1-3 minutes approximately every hour you are awake.
And watch and see your results!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Happiness Makeover Endorsement - Latest Testimonial
As I said, I'm amazed and thrilled.
I recommended the Happiness Makeover to my family, and I feel comfortable recommending The Happiness Makeover to anyone who's interested. You have to try the Makeover to know how happy you can really be. I took the chance, and I know from my heart's core that it worked amazingly well for me.
Thank you Aymee, you changed my life!
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Brian B. Jones
MBA Candidate 2009
Leeds School of Business
University Colorado Boulder
Friday, March 28, 2008
Latest Testimonial for the 90 day Happiness Makeover
Saturday, March 15, 2008
How to Make Your Wishes Come True
While the answer might be different in each result, the message is the same: there is a way to make your dreams come true. But how?
Well, you can grant your own wishes. By taking three fairly obvious and very simple steps, you can have the life you’ve dreamt about.
Step 1: Be happy no matter what.
If you believe that you’re never going to get a better job or a nicer home or a happier marriage, you won’t. If you focus on how bad you feel about your lot in life, you won’t be happy. You won’t see the possibilities that are in front of you. You won’t hear opportunity knocking if you’re too busy listening to sulking. Decide to be happy no matter what life has given you or sends your way.
Step 2: Have a vision for your dreams
Once you are committed to being happy, your brain will start believing that good things can happen. You will start seeing where you want to be, and how it is possible to have your wishes come true. You will have a clear picture of what you want, and you will have something concrete to go after. Part of making your wishes come true is knowing what you wish for.
If you’re struggling to create a clear vision of what you want in life, try using the Social Construction of Reality theory. This concept, created by Berger and Luckman in 1966, suggests that our entire human experience is shaped by seven categories of existence.
• Socialization (the people around us)
• Institutions (the organizations we associate with)
• Language (the type of speech we use)
• Knowledge (the things we know)
• Habits (the things we regularly do)
• Reification (the objects we surround ourselves with)
• Legitimation (the principles we use to validate ourselves)
You can create a vision for your dreams by answering questions that help you evaluate these essential areas of your life. Ask yourself:
• Who am I socializing with when my wishes become reality?
• What institutions am I a part of when my dreams have come true?
• What is the language I am using? What words and sentences am I saying when my dreams have come true?
• What is the knowledge I have when I have achieved my dreams?
• What habits am I employing when my dreams have come true?
• What are the "things" around me when my dreams come true?
• How do I really know to trust that this is my dream and that it is coming true?
Once you are able to answer those questions, you will have a roadmap of how to grant your own wishes and can move on to step 3.
Step 3: Bring your vision to the present.
After you’ve got a clear vision of what you want to do, be, see, feel, have, put your energy toward bringing it to the present. If you want to find Prince Charming, open your eyes and start looking for him in this moment. If you want to go back to school, get the admissions materials right now. Start turning your wish from something in your mind to something you can grasp.
You are your own genie in the bottle, your own fairy godmother. You know what you want and you are in control of making your wishes come true.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Latest Testimonial- Jump on Aymee's Happiness Bandwagon!
Philippe Ney, Screen Writer
Los Angeles