I had my first experience with ClubHouse last night and we talked about how to be committed to the experience of fulfillment in life. We had a great dialogue, so I wanted to share it with you.
First, let’s define fulfillment. The dictionary definition of fulfillment is “the act or process of fulfilling a promise or all requirements of a task. The act or process of delivering a product to a customer”. How would that relate to life in general? So, we expanded it:The act or process of experiencing the state of happiness, contentment, and being complete with matters and situations that show up in life. It is a transient and dynamic state. Setting short-term goals and fulfilling them.
Another component of being fulfilled is living a regret-free life. To view every situation that we end up not liking or thinking that it is a mistake as an experience to learn from. I saw this quote on Linkedin ” God will put you in positions you didn’t even apply for”. View it as if with the information that was available at that time, we did the best that we knew how. And as time passes we learn more about it and add to the experience. So no regret, only learning from an experience and moving on. Having the wisdom to assess that there are times we need to do something and other times our non-action is the most important action.
Living a balanced life. A balance between responsibilities, self-care, caring for others, work, play, and giving to the bigger community will lead to fulfillment in life.
Being on integrity, doing what you say you would do, keeping your promises, deliver what you said, and clean up when you don’t, trusting yourself and others, and being true to yourself and others is fulfilling.
How do we keep experiencing fulfillment while the world around us is full of suffering? Have compassion and empathy toward people around you, connect with people’s souls and acknowledge their needs. Take a moment to see how far you have come, opportunities you have created for yourself, or have been offered to you. Feel gratitude. Offer opportunities to others in any way that you are able to. Lend a helping hand or an ear, or a shoulder to someone in need. Adjust your expectations from people around you. Assess what you are in control of and what you are not. Act appropriately on areas that you can do something about and be effective, and accept and flow with what you can not control.
Raise your level of curiosity and regenerate excitement, engagement, and joy for yourself and everyone around you.
Dr. Foojan Zeine is an International Speaker, Author, Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, and successful Life and Executive Coach. She has her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. She sees her clients online and at her San Clemente, California office. Her expertise is in Intimate Relations and Addictive Behaviors. She has extensive experience treating Depression, Anxiety, Traumas, and Domestic Violence. She is a lecturer at the California State University – Long Beach.
Foojan is the originator and the author of “Awareness Integration” Psychological and Educational Theory, a multi-modality approach and intervention toward minimizing Depression, Anxiety while improving Self Esteem and Self Confidence. She is the author of 6 books, including “Life Reset – The Awareness Integration Path to Create the Life You Want” (Rowman & Littlefield 2017); “Awareness Integration Therapy – Clear the past, Create a new Future, and Live a Fulfilled Life Now.” (Cambridge Scholars 2021); “Intentional Parenting – A Practical Guide to Awareness Integration Theory” (Cambridge Scholars 2022).
She conducts training workshops to educate psychotherapists and teachers on this approach. This method has been researched and published; in “Awareness Integration: A New Therapeutic Model” in International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, Vol. 16, No. 60-65, pp. ISSN 1522-4821; “Awareness Integration: An Alternative Therapeutic Methodology to Reducing Depression, Anxiety, While Improving Low Self Esteem and Self-Efficacy in Separated or Divorced Individuals” Mental Health in Family Medicine Journal (2017)13:451-458; “Awareness Integration: A Non-Invasive Recovery Methodology in Reducing College Students Anxiety, Depression, and Stress” Journal of Educational Technology, www.tojet.net/special/2017_11_1.pdf 11/2017 special issue 105-114.
Foojan has been in Hospital Administration. She has headed the Partial Hospital Program Team for the Hollywood community of Van Nuys and Pacifica Hospital. She was responsible for organizing, facilitating, and supervising the Clinical and Mental Health staff and created strong and impact complete programs for the Partial Program patients. She has also developed two Transitional Housing Programs for Battered women Alternatives in Northern California and Haven Hills in Southern California. These programs offered case management and individual and family counseling for women and their children who have been victims of domestic violence and had to deal with domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, child abuse, parenting, self-esteem, career development, chemical dependency, and eating disorders.
Foojan is the host of the Inner Voice – a Heartfelt Chat with Dr. Foojan Podcast. She also hosts a television show on Togetherness Media and Tapesh TV. She is a guest speaker at many universities, including Harvard, MIT, UCLA, USC, and UC Santa Barbara. She has been a guest on the Dr. Phil show on CBS and Fox. Foojan is a contributor to YourTango.com, DivorceForce.com, yogajournal.com, Wholelife.com, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, and Huffington Post.
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