Pleasurology = Happiness = Well Being = Optimum Health  
Written by Patrick Rhein

“I find my greatest happiness in small pleasures.”  

Over the last decade, we have become more and more concerned by the management of our stress, keeping our physical shape and preventing problems related to our general state. In this quest for well-being, we sometimes seek the miracle formula without asking ourselves the essential question: am I enjoying myself? Nevertheless, more and more research concludes that pleasure has a positive effect on the psychological and physical well-being of a person.

On the psychological level, physiological reactions resulting from pleasure will result in a natural anti-depressant and tranquilizing feeling in the form of a sense of well-being.

On the physical level, pleasure could be one of the conditions favouring the healing of mild or more serious illnesses as well as being a protective factor against illness.

Thinking about integrating enjoyment into one’s daily life is therefore a prime consideration.  

What is Pleasure? 

Pleasure is a feeling that results from the satisfaction of a physical, emotional or intellectual need. It therefore differs from one person to another. What has the potential to bring enjoyment to one person does not necessarily have the same effect on another. Some take pleasure in reading, music and contact with nature or social activities. Others find more enjoyment in physical activities, the challenge to learn, to create, self-improvement, etc.

There is no specific list of activities to follow in order to find pleasure. Contrary to what one might think, enjoyment is not solely dependant on a particular context or external elements. One can be involved in a wide variety of activities that seem to be pleasant without necessarily enjoying them. On the other hand, one may have an agenda full of responsibilities and still enjoy assuming them.

Furthermore, the attitude that we have to life in general strongly influences the presence of pleasure in our daily affairs. The way we select and organize our activities, the expectations that we develop vis-à-vis our work and our personal life, the way we interpret events, as well as the thinking that we engage in, can be generators of pleasure or disappointment.  

The Obstacles

All that one has retained during a lifetime and in our experiences often influences our ability to feel or not to feel pleasure. In this sense, education, social values, as well as a lack of understanding of our needs are sometimes obstacles to enjoyment.

• Education received  

As time goes on, we receive several messages. This leads us to believe that pleasure is characteristic of and reserved for certain situations, but it may not necessarily be present in our daily lives. For example, think of the number of times you said to yourself: there is a time for enjoyment and a time for serious things.  

• Values and social pressures

The consumer society in which we live strongly incites us to think that pleasure is linked to the acquisition of certain goods or through the participation in certain activities. Advertising, which attacks us from all sides, sometimes creates false expectations or needs in us. This can trap us or prevent us from taking advantage of what is already present and accessible in our lives.

• Misunderstanding our needs

In order to satisfy a need, one must first be capable of properly recognizing it. In the hubbub of daily activities, it is very easy to be all over the place and to end up not knowing what one wants and what one needs.  

How to Add Pleasure to One's Daily Activities

The ability to experience enjoyment does not develop through magic. To develop or to add some satisfaction in daily activities, one must first know what pleasure means for us and to actively consider it as one of our priorities. The following questions could be helpful in making oneself aware of the place enjoyment has in our life.

• What pleases you?

• When is the last time you enjoyed yourself?

• In what context, activity or state were you?

• What effect did it have on you?

• What do you foresee doing in your daily activities to recreate this state?

• What might this call for in a change of attitude on your part?

• What could prevent you from doing it?

• On which of these aspects do you have the power to act?  

The necessary stages in the search for pleasure or enjoyment are: to take the time to stop and identify our real needs, to select the circumstances or choices able to fulfill them and to take action.

What benefit will you be able to recognize instantly?

• Your health and immune system are directly increased
• Your sleep is improved
• People are drawn to you
• Lady luck shines on you
• Your business and results increase exponentially
• Your personal life blossoms
• Your creativity is expressed magnificently
• Your sexuality sky rockets
• Etc..

One can confirm that pleasure is healthy, generates good health and is a multiplier of happiness. 

Pleasure is a reason which motivates us into action. 

Pleasure = Reason+ Action

Reason + Action= Motivation 

Live your life with passion!

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For more information and to find out ways of enhancing pleasure, increasing a higher energy, fulfillment, optimizing your business potential, joy and empowerment in your life, contact:

Patrick Rhein   EQC, CAC

Life Coach – Pleasurologist - Facilitator

Tel: 416-919-8466

Website: www.coachfromwithin.com