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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Explains how to find opportunity during times of challenge, arguing that culturally driven goals often do not result in personal satisfaction while explaining how to make corrective mindset changes that can increase resilience in difficult circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
"Nobel Peace Prize winners His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu share their own childhood struggles to show young readers how they can thrive and find joy even during the most challenging times in this picture book adaptation of the international bestseller The Book of Joy. If you just focus on the thing that is making you sad, then the sadness is all you see. But if you look around, you will see that joy is everywhere. In their...
25) Happiness
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A short, reader-friendly treatment of happiness from a leading figure in positive psychology"--
Author
Publisher
Polity Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a desire to be "authentic", to experience physical pleasure, and to cultivate a quirky individuality. But over the last fifty years, these once-revolutionary ideas have been co-opted by...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times-bestselling authors Marc and Angel Chernoff deliver instant inspiration and powerful advice for becoming our best selves"--
"New York Times-bestselling authors Marc and Angel Chernoff deliver instant inspiration and powerful advice for becoming our best selves. Millions of readers turn to Marc and Angel Chernoff for fresh, intimate insights for a fulfilled life. In this pithy and empowering guide, they collect the very best advice...
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Language
English
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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed...
35) The happiness myth: why what we think is right is wrong : a history of what really makes us happy
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The more we seek happiness, the more elusive it becomes. The Fun Habit shows readers that fun, unlike happiness, is an action you can take almost anywhere, anytime. Fun is connected to behavior and habits rather than goals, which means it's possible to get more fun into your life with intention. Whether you're a frustrated happiness-seeker looking for a new approach, a success-oriented hustler trying to balance work with a fulfilling life, or someone...
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. Many of us feel trapped in a grind of constant change: rolling news cycles, the chatter of social media, our families split along partisan lines. We feel fearful and tired, on edge in our bodies, not quite knowing what has us perpetually depleted. For Katherine May, this low hum of fatigue and anxiety made her wonder...
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