The Serenity Program

The Serenity Program is a collection of 4 online courses based on building an individual toolkit of serenity strategies to build a more mindful, slower paced life. Each is a standalone course.

Relax, refresh your thinking when you join Ruth on a course devised to facilitate mindful living.

Each course focuses on a different theme such as exploring what makes us happy or resilience and bouncing back ‘when the going gets tough.’

All the courses include strategies (tools) which you can add to your personal ‘Toolkit’ of Serenity Strategies.

About Ruth

Ruth has offered training in developing a skillset to support others through reflective practice for many years. This new set of courses takes a different route focusing on strategies which link to everyday life, drawing on the literature around self-development and professional experience.

Ruth has an MA (Master of Arts) in Professional Training and Development where she focused on reflective practice and mentoring studies.

Informative, Practical and Relaxed

The courses are designed to give you practical ideas and information in a relaxed and reflective way.

You will get an e-Workbook to use through during the course and a PDF of the course content as a memory jogger for the future. There is opportunity to network in conversations with other attendees in a small group.

Please note: These strategies based courses are not a treatment program and focused on your self development and reflection on life.

There are 4 courses making up the Serenity Program. These are offered via Teams or Zoom, with opportunities to network with other attendees.

Please contact Ruth with any queries and to register for a place at:

ourfrenchcountryjournal@gmail.com

If you would like to arrange a course for a group of friends or colleagues then please contact Ruth to discuss.

Introducing the 4 Courses which make up the Sérénité (Serenity) Program

The 4 Courses

Exploring the Fundamentals of Happiness – Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Fordyce’s 14 Fundamentals of Happiness is a structured approach to strengthening happiness levels. (Fordyce, 1983).

Several studies have shown that this approach can be effective in boosting happiness (Carr, 2022).

How to have a good day

This course explores ‘what we know’ about making our days more serene. You will focus on your strengths, style, learn about the strategies and put together a Personal Action Map to change direction.

Devising your Living Mindfully Toolkit

Serenity Strategies – A Restorative Workshop. (For times when we are surviving not thriving)

Fordyce’s 14 Fundamentals of Happiness

  • Being active & busy
  • Being with people (including online)
  • Fulfilling work and/or hobbies
  • Get organised and good at prioritizing. Plan things out.
  • Stop worrying (it feels very unpleasant & isn’t productice)
  • Lower your expectations & aspirations. (Achievable goals for success and less disappointment
  • Cultivate positive, optimistic thinking
  • Focus on the present, (don’t dwell on past hurts or future catastrophes)
  • Know your strengths – work on a positive personality
  • Be You! Know yourself, accept yourself, like yourself, help yourself
  • Be as outgoing and social as you can be. Spend time with others.
  • Be authentic to yourself
  • Let go of negative feelings and problems. Reduce rumination (dwelling on things)
  • Value those special, close relationships
  • Value happiness – and pursue it relentlessly!