Campus Education Week 2013
Handout #10 (Page 1 of 1)
Living after the Manner of Happiness: Overcoming Negative Emotion
Steven Eastmond, LCSW – Education Week 2013
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Practical Tools for Overcoming Depression and Anxiety
 2 Ne. 2:11 – opposition in all things.
 1 Ne. 17:1-3, 6, 20-21 – balancing scales
 “Life is like an old-time rail journey – delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts,
interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to
thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.” (“Big Rock Candy Mountains,” Deseret News, 12
June, 1973, A4).
 Henry B. Eyring, “Remembrance and Gratitude,” Ensign, Nov. 1989.
 1 Ne. 10:17; 1 Ne. 17:6 – be happy where you are, but don’t be content to stay there.
Good Guilt, Bad Guilt – You Mean I Don’t Have to Feel Guilty for Everything?
 Alma 42:29-30 – allow guilt to humble us, not destroy us.
 Theodore M. Burton, “The Meaning of Repentance”, Ensign, August, 1988.
 Neal A. Maxwell, “Repentance”, Ensign, Nov. 1991.
 M. Russell Ballard, “O Be Wise,” Ensign, Nov. 2006.
 Alma 36 – Alma’s description of his repentance and guilt.
 Enos 1:3-6
 D. Chad Richardson, “Forgiving Oneself”, Ensign, March 2007.
 Bruce R. McConkie, “The Probationary Test of Mortality,” Address given at University of Utah, Jan. 1982,
p. II; see JD 1:6.
Increasing Happiness and Love in Marriage: Making a Struggling Marriage Good and a Good
Marriage Celestial
 86% of couples report being happy or very happy after simply “sticking it out” for 5 years without
the option of divorce (Waite, L. J. and Gallagher, M. (2000). A Case for Marriage. Random
House, Inc.: New York, NY).
 Moroni 7:45
 We judge others based on how we would respond in a given situation
 Victor L. Brown, Jr., Human Intimacy: Illusion and Reality (Salt Lake City, Utah: Parliament
Publishers, 1981), pp. 5-6.
 Elder Lynn G. Robbins, “Agency and Love in Marriage,” Ensign, Oct. 2000.
 Ephesians 5:25
 “The determining factor in whether wives feel satisfied with the sex, romance and passion in their
marriage is, by 70 percent, the quality of the couple's friendship. For men, the determining factor
is, by 70 percent, the quality of the couple's friendship. So men and women come from the same
planet after all.” (John Gottman, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, 1999).
 Howard W. Hunter, “Reading the Scriptures,” Ensign, Oct. 1979.
 Helaman 5:12
Temper, Temper: Keeping it Together When You Feel Like You’re Going to Lose It
 Hinckley, Gordon B., “Slow to Anger,” Ensign, Nov. 2007.
 Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Tongue of Angels,” Ensign, May 2007.
 Alma 60, 61
 Luke 15:11-32
 1 Ne. 5:2-6
 President Thomas S. Monson, “Hidden Wedges,” Ensign, May 2002.
 John 2:13-17
 D&C 121:36-46
 Alma 34:31
 Proverbs 15:1
 Moroni 7:44
 MacKenzie, Robert D. “Setting Limits: How to Raise Responsible Independent Children by
Providing Clear Boundaries”. 1998. Prima Publishing: Roseville, CA.