Your Happiness Toolkit (Paperback)

Discover powerful, practical strategies for overcoming depression and increasing happiness.
Whether you’ve struggled with serious depression yourself, or just have a few more down days than you’d like - whether you’re seeking greater personal happiness, or trying to help someone else who struggles, the strategies found in this book can supercharge your ability to bounce back, move forward, and find joy in life.

This comprehensive self-help guidebook was created by Carrie M. Wrigley, LCSW, a professional counselor and public health educator with over 30 years of experience in helping people overcome depression and other emotional challenges. Carrie has gathered the most powerful and effective of tools she has found useful over the years to promote emotional recovery and wellness. She is now opening her transformative toolbox to you, so you can learn to apply these proven, step-by-step, drug-free strategies to help yourself and others build a more joyful and fulfilling life.

This is not just another book about depression. This is a book about OVERCOMING depression - and it is a guidebook for PREVENTING depression in the first place. Brimming with time-tested, highly customizable techniques, this book will help you assemble your own individualized toolkit of step-by-step strategies to build and maintain emotional wellness – from the inside out.

Here in this well-stocked strategy manual, you will find:

• 16 powerful self-help tools to overcome depression - even if you think you've "already tried everything."
• 5 quick-start Transformational Tools you can use right away to bring relief, rebuild hope, and move in a positive direction.
• A 4-point individualized assessment model, to help identify the specific causes of THIS particular depression - and then identify specific solutions to address these issues.
• Clear understanding about what FEEDS depression, what FIGHTS it, and how you can build and maintain a positive, depression-resistant lifestyle over time.
• Valuable insight about why depression has become so common in recent years - and what you and your loved ones can do to live happily in an ever-more challenging world.

The strategies in this book can also help:

• relieve anxiety
• promote addiction recovery
• facilitate the resolution of abuse, trauma, or grief
• resolve conflicts in relationships and families
• improve self-confidence, self-esteem, and resilience
• enhance emotional and physical wellness

This book also serves as a valuable resource manual for counselors, educators, medical professionals, chaplains, ministers, parents, caregivers, and others seeking to provide relief and positive guidance to those within their care. It compiles and integrates the best resources from a vast treasure of well-researched programs such as:

• CBT (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)
• Positive Psychology
• IPT (Interpersonal Therapy)
• MBTI (Meyers-Briggs) personality assessment
• Behavior Modification
• Nutrition, exercise, and activity
• Communication and relationship skills training

A Quick-Access Guide and user-friendly navigation are provided, making it easy for readers (including professional helpers) to find the resources needed to meet the need at hand. A thorough Bibliography (organized by topic and tools) is also included, as a valuable reference resource.

Your Happiness Toolkit is now available in print, e-book, and audio formats. An accompanying Workbook is also available, to help you fully internalize and apply these life-changing strategies.

Order Your Happiness Toolkit today, and put it to work, to create more joy and fulfillment in your daily life.

Carrie Maxwell Wrigley, LCSW, has been a counselor for over thirty years, specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship challenges. She currently works in her private practice, Morning Light Counseling, in Sandy, Utah. Carrie has also been a public health educator for over twenty years, providing education on emotional recovery, and teaching courses on marriage and family enrichment. She has developed several websites to share information on these various topics, including counselinglibrary.org. Carrie received her formal education at the University of Utah, obtaining first a BFA in Theatre, and then returning later for her MSW (Master of Social Work) degree. Carrie has a particular interest in prevention, and is passionate about sharing practical strategies that individuals can use to create and maintain emotional wellness over time, with a strong emphasis on self-help, and building self-efficacy. Carrie also uses her artistic gifts to spread a message of hope, healing, and wellness. Trained as an actor, she is an engaging and dynamic presenter, who uses storytelling and original music to amplify her teaching. She is a prolific songwriter, whose music has been used in school, church, and community settings. Her inspirational and religious music has been heard by thousands, and is now available on her website morninglightmusic.org, and on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. She spent twelve years developing and sharing a Character Education Through Music program for elementary and middle school students, creating fun original music (available at impactmusic4kids.org) to teach values such as responsibility, caring, inclusion, anti-bullying, and community. Carrie also continues to love acting on stage and on film; her acting credits can be found on IMDB.com. Music and acting continue to be an integral and joyful part of her personal "Happiness Toolkit." Carrie has been married for over thirty years to her husband, sweetheart, and business partner, Steve Wrigley. They are the parents of five amazing children; and Carrie is the oldest of seven children. Lessons from her family life permeate this book, and these relationships remain the most central, enduring, and joyful core of her life. Carrie is also sustained by her faith, which is the anchoring foundation for her life and work. The material in this book was presented first in a religious context, as "Christ-Centered Healing from Depression." Repurposed later for a more inclusive audience, this material continues to reflect that "light which shineth in darkness." Years of experience truly affirm: "Weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning." To Contact the Author If you'd like to contact Carrie for speaking engagements, performances, counseling services, or simply to offer feedback or ask additional questions, she can be reached at her email-carrie@morninglightcounseling.com-or through any of her websites: ¿ morninglightcounseling.com-private counseling practice ¿ counselinglibrary.org-online resource library on counseling topics ¿ impactmusic4kids.org-character education music, including lyrics ¿ morninglightmusic.org-religious and inspirational music, including lyrics ¿ carriewrigley.com-updates, performance information, and bookings