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What is the Serenity Program?
It is a collection of 5 online workshops designed to help you create your personal ‘Toolkit’ of Serenity Strategies – practical tools to create a more mindful, slower-paced life.
Each course is standalone, giving you the flexibility to join those that best suit your journey to a more serene everyday life. You can attend one or all of the workshops.
Join Ruth on a workshop designed to refresh your thinking and facilitate mindful, more intentional living. It will be informal in style and nobody needs to leave their comfort zone. You can say as much or as little as you choose.
Each workshop focuses on a different theme. One workshop explores the 14 strategies which we can integrate into our life to make us feel happier. Another is about restorating resilience and bouncing back at times ‘when the going gets tough.’ They compliment each other, but stand alone too.
All the workshops include practical strategies (tools) which you can add to your personal ‘Toolkit’ of Serenity Strategies. This is about exploring what works for you in your life.
What You’ll Experience:
- Informative, practical, and relaxed sessions that encourage reflection and solutions
- Personal Serenity Toolkit: Add new strategies and ideas to support your wellbeing
- e-Workbook: A personal reflective journal to guide you during the course
- Course PDF: A helpful memory jogger for future reference
- Small group conversations: Opportunities to connect and share insights with others
Please note: These courses are strategy-based and intended for self-development and life reflection. They are not a treatment program.
Introducing the 5 Courses which make up the Sérénité (Serenity) Program
Workshop Themes:
- Exploring Happiness: What are the foundations of Happiness?
- Building Resilience: Learn how to ‘bounce back’ when life gets tough
- Coping with Change: Navigate uncertain times with calm flexibility
- Cultivating Calm: Practical ways to find peace in everyday life
The Set of Serenity Courses:
- A Calmer Way: Everyday Strategies for a Serene Life
- Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bringing the Fundamentals of Happiness into your Life
- How to build a better day – 6 Strategies to approach a day differently
- How to … Create your Living Mindful Toolkit
- How to bounce back … Re-discover Serenity when Life gets Tough
Each online session is around 90 minutes. It’s live not recorded, and led by Ruth. There is a e-workbook to jot down ideas during the sessions and simple take-home practice activities.
Each workshop has 6 sessions scheduled over a 2 month period.
Occasionally a workshop is held on a single day, but different timezones make that tricky to schedule.
A Calmer Way: Everyday Strategies for a Serene Life
This Workshop helps you transform everyday stress into moments of calm and clarity. You’ll learn practical, multi-sensory techniques inspired by nature, mindfulness, positive psychology, expressive journaling, and ACT tools to help you build a calm foundation for everyday life.
This is the first Workshop to be offered and will run in July and August 2025. Register now if you are interested in attending. Not everyone goes away over the summer, and lots of activities close down, so this course is for those at home who wish to connect with others during the summer months.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bringing the Fundamentals of Happiness into your Life
Fordyce’s 14 Fundamentals of Happiness break down simple steps you can take to boost your mood and overall happiness (Fordyce, 1983).
Studies have found that following these basics can lead to real improvements in how happy you feel (e.g. Carr, 2022). Scroll down for Fordyce’s 14 jundamental strategies for happiness.
How to Build a Better Day – explore 6 Strategies to approach a day differently
In this workshop, we’ll explore together what we know about creating calmer, more positive days.
You’ll focus on your strengths, discover your personal style, explore proven strategies, and create a Personal Action Map to guide your next steps.
Strengthen your time management and know your character strengths .
This is all about increasing the chances of having a better day more of the time.
How to … Create your Living Mindful Toolkit
Create your own Toolk Kit or Treasure Trove of serentiy strategies for a mindful life. Focus on approaches to relaxation and what works for you.
Mindful Thinking is a different approach to mindfulness developed by Ellen Langer, and is a different way of entering everyday conversations.
Ruth’s multi-sensory mindfulness approach gives lots of ideas for your Toolkit.
The practical strategies of Positive Psychology such as savoring, gratitude and acts of kindness are exlored.
How to bounce back … Re-discover Serenity when Life gets Tough
(For those times when we’re surviving, not thriving)
This restorative workshop is about serenity strategies for slowing down, recharging, and finding ‘your calm’ when life feels overwhelming.
We’ll focus on practical strategies to help you reset, reconnect with your strengths, and create a simple plan to support yourself in tough times.
About Ruth
Ruth has spent many years helping others build their skills in reflective practice and supporting others.
These new courses take a new direction, bringing together simple strategies from mindfulness and positive psychology — so you can use them to build a calmer, more fulfilling everyday life.
Drawing from both professional experience and a wide range of literature, Ruth’s work is all about making strategies for serenity practical and accessible.
She holds a Master of Arts (MA) in Professional Training and Development, with a special focus on reflective practice and mentoring. She still works as a speech and language therapist some of the week.
Bringing reflection and resilience into daily life.
Delivery:
Workshops are offered online via Teams or Zoom with opportunities to meet others, with networking in a supportive small group environment.
Ready to Begin?
For any queries or to register your place, please contact Ruth:
Want to arrange a course for a group of friends or colleagues? Please get in touch
Sometimes a course can be offered one to one if scheduled times don’t fit with your calendar. Please ask Ruth about this option, The cost is the same but the course is 4 hours rather than 6.
Cost
Each course is 6 hours. This can be 1 day or 3 2 hour sessions.
$180
If you would like to book on to all 5 courses there is a reduction of $70.
The Serenity Program | “If I had my life over again, then I’d pick more daisies”
🌟 Fordyce’s 14 Fundamentals of Happiness
| Fordyce’s Strategies | Fordyce’s Strategies |
|---|---|
| 🏃 Stay Active and Busy Keep yourself engaged with things that interest you. | 🤝 Spend Time with People Stay connected — in person or online. |
| 🎨 Find Fulfillment in Work and Hobbies Do what feels meaningful and satisfying. | 🗂️ Get Organised and Prioritise Plan ahead and focus on what matters most. |
| 🧠 Stop Worrying Worry feels bad and doesn’t fix anything. | 🎯 Pace yourself with Expectations and Aspirations Set realistic goals for more success and less disappointment. |
| 🌈 Think Positively and Stay Optimistic Look for the good, even during tough times. | 🕰️ Focus on the Present Don’t dwell on past hurts or future worries. |
| 💪 Know and Use Your Strengths Build a positive personality by focusing on what you’re good at. | 🧍 Be Yourself Know, accept, like, and support yourself. |
| 🗣️ Be Social and Outgoing Connect with others whenever you can. | 🎭 Stay Authentic Stay true to who you are. |
| 💨 Let Go of Negative Feelings Release anger, grudges, and rumination. | 👨👩👧👦 Value Close Relationships Cherish and nurture special bonds. |
| 💖 Value Happiness — and Pursue It! Make happiness a goal and actively work towards it |
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