Does it happen to you as well?After tens of self-improvement books, dozens of clearing audios, hours spent studying fascinating philosophies on successful life...Do you still wonder: 'OK But what do I EXACTLY have to DO to become a happy positive thinker?!'Are you one of those people who prefer to see and touch, rather than (or as a complement to) study abstract theories? Or simply, are you a newbie to Successful Thinking and you would like to start with a basic but effective approach?This book presents just a basic, hands-on, VISUAL, CREATIVE approach to start putting into practice positive thinking and begin to attract GOOD things into your life.Furthermore, you are likely to relax, and have fun with it. And you will get practical hints and tips to make this all work better.CLICK on the book title and then the PREVIEW BUTTON to have an insight. And contact me if you have any question! P.S. Yep, MUSSELS means just... MUSSELS! :)
Why this book?Either you have a sense of inner joy most all of the time or this book can help you!Also, common sense and years of research support the idea that when we're happier, we have lower stress, more energy, greater accomplishment, and richer, more fulfilling lives. There's no shortage of books in the booming field of positive psychology about being happier. While these books feature great ideas and strategies for increasing happiness, the key thing this book does that's unique is provide a clear understanding of how we block or prevent happiness. And it illustrates one simple, yet powerful way to remove these blocks, and shows you how to stop creating new ones. Put another way; imagine trying to see in a dark room. Other books about happiness tell you how to turn up the lights. This book will show you how to take off the blindfold. Imagine your life with none of the negatives that cause unhappiness. This book is the key to eliminating the impact of those so that you can experience true happiness all the time! One reader had this to say:I have known Brad for many years. He has the unique ability to absorb information from many sources and simplify it so that people have easy tools to transform their lives. I have used many of them, but nothing has been so simple and powerful as The Happy Method. One easy question changes suffering to a case of the giggles. It doesn't always happen, more often than not it does. I am in pain, and then a minute later, I'm happy... filled with relief, peace, and a sometimes a big dumb grin on my face.I am relatively new to The Happy Method, but already, I find that I am more and more starting to use this automatically. As someone with ADD, this is a miracle, because I struggle to make new habits. This is so powerful, I get more and more motivated each time I use it.Steve Cole More about the book:Have you ever said to yourself any of the following? * When X happens, I'll be happy.* When X is completed, I'll be happy.* When I get X, I'll be happy.* When I am X (thin, fit, more attractive, etc.), I'll be happy.Even when you acquired or achieved the item specified, your happiness was probably fairly short-lived. It's clear that we're fooling ourselves when we operate this way. But what's the alternative? That's exactly what this book is about; the key way to be happy without having it depend upon some future state of affairs. Some people have the mistaken assumption that if we were to reverse this dynamic and find a way to be happy now, then we'd lose our motivation for achievement, and success. The Happy Method shows you how to have your happiness now and to boost your energy, productivity, and success at the same time. Some of the additional benefits you'll realize by learning and practicing The Happy Method are lower stress, a heightened ability to concentrate, increased self-awareness, and others. This book will show you a specific methodology, with precise steps that anyone can learn and which you can put to use right away. It contains lots of examples and a question and answer section to help deepen your understanding of The Happy Method.
The "HAPPY GO LUCKY" method is designed to let you relax and focus on HAPPINESS within. You can use this "HAPPY GO LUCKY" method to feel more confident about achieving the HAPPY DREAMS you have. Simply start this process with noticing your BREATHS in and out of your NOSE, combined with a "HAPPY GO LUCKY" thought, and feel your body. Insert the HAPPY DREAM you have, and feel your body. If you are EXCITED, go for it! Allow yourself to relax and HAPPY IDEAS to come. TAKE ACTION!
Two Philosophers Ask and Answer the Big Questions About the Search for Faith and Happiness For seekers of all stripes, philosophy is timeless self-care. Notre Dame philosophy professors Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko have reinvigorated this tradition in their wildly popular and influential undergraduate course “God and the Good Life,” in which they wrestle with the big questions about how to live and what makes life meaningful. Now they invite us into the classroom to work through issues like what justifies our beliefs, whether we should practice a religion and what sacrifices we should make for others—as well as to investigate what figures such as Aristotle, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Iris Murdoch, and W. E. B. Du Bois have to say about how to live well. Sullivan and Blaschko do the timeless work of philosophy using real-world case studies that explore love, finance, truth, and more. In so doing, they push us to escape our own caves, ask stronger questions, explain our deepest goals, and wrestle with suffering, the nature of death, and the existence of God. Philosophers know that our “good life plan” is one that we as individuals need to be constantly and actively writing to achieve some meaningful control and sense of purpose even if the world keeps throwing surprises our way. For at least the past 2,500 years, philosophers have taught that goal-seeking is an essential part of what it is to be human—and crucially that we could find our own good life by asking better questions of ourselves and of one another. This virtue ethics approach resonates profoundly in our own moment. The Good Life Method is a winning guide to tackling the big questions of being human with the wisdom of the ages.
This beautiful and practical guide to ukeireru, the Japanese principle of acceptance, offers a path to well-being and satisfaction for the anxious and exhausted. Looking for greater peace and satisfaction? Look no further than the Japanese concept of ukeireru, or acceptance. Psychologist Scott Haas offers an elegant, practical, and life-changing look at ways we can reduce anxiety and stress and increase overall well-being. By learning and practicing ukeireru, you can: Profoundly improve your relationships, with a greater focus on listening, finding commonalities, and intuiting Find calm in ritualizing things such as making coffee, drinking tea, and even having a cocktail Embrace the importance of baths and naps Show respect for self and others, which has a remarkably calming effect on everyone Learn to listen more than you talk Tidy up your life by downsizing experiences and relationships that offer more stress than solace Cultivate practical ways of dealing with anger, fear, and arguments -- the daily tensions that take up so much of our lives By practicing acceptance, we learn to pause, take in the situation, and then deciding on a course of action that reframes things. Why Be Happy? Discover a place of contentment and peace in this harried world.
A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.
With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. You’ll learn to see through the lies your brain tells you. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness.
The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself.' Stephen Fry ___ Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it? In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of happiness - from the surprisingly modern wisdom of the Stoics and Epicureans in classical times right up until today, when the self-help industry has attempted to claim happiness as its own. He shows how many of self-help's suggested routes to happiness and success - such as positive thinking, self-belief and setting goals - can be disastrous to follow and, indeed, actually cause anxiety. Happy aims to reclaim happiness and to enable us to appreciate the good things in life, in all their transient glory. By taking control of the stories we tell ourselves, by remembering that 'everything's fine' even when it might not feel that way, we can allow ourselves to flourish and to live more happily. ___ What readers are saying: ***** 'Immensely positive and life-affirming' ***** 'This is the blue print to a good life' ***** 'Thought provoking and potentially life-changing.'
A guide to ACT: the revolutionary mindfulness-based program for reducing stress, overcoming fear, and finding fulfilment – now updated. International bestseller, 'The Happiness Trap', has been published in over thirty countries and twenty-two languages. NOW UPDATED. Popular ideas about happiness are misleading, inaccurate, and are directly contributing to our current epidemic of stress, anxiety and depression. And unfortunately, popular psychological approaches are making it even worse! In this easy-to-read, practical and empowering self-help book, Dr Russ Harries, reveals how millions of people are unwittingly caught in the 'The Happiness Trap', where the more they strive for happiness the more they suffer in the long term. He then provides an effective means to escape through the insights and techniques of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), a groundbreaking new approach based on mindfulness skills. By clarifying your values and developing mindfulness (a technique for living fully in the present moment), ACT helps you escape the happiness trap and find true satisfaction in life. Mindfulness skills are easy to learn and will rapidly and effectively help you to reduce stress, enhance performance, manage emotions, improve health, increase vitality, and generally change your life for the better. The book provides scientifically proven techniques to: reduce stress and worry; rise above fear, doubt and insecurity; handle painful thoughts and feelings far more effectively; break self-defeating habits; improve performance and find fulfilment in your work; build more satisfying relationships; and, create a rich, full and meaningful life.
In this unique self-help book, two doctors offer an innovative approach to contentment and wellness that begins with ending our addiction to “happiness.” Miserably Happy offers a unique take on the popular subject of happiness. Acknowledging the positive aspects of this powerful emotion, the book also explores its negative consequences. The truth is that all too often the pursuit of happiness—especially in its modern definition as the experience of pleasure—can lead to misery. In Miserably Happy, you will discover a new definition of happiness based in the physical, mental, and spiritual properties of being human. The human mind, aligned with our biology, defines our health and wellness. As the authors point out: “In living within our created nature we become deeply connected to ourselves, others, our communities, the environment and, indeed, the universe. . . . The secret to lasting genuine happiness is found in nature.” Providing a bold new definition of healthy human functioning and development, Miserably Happy can be your path to genuine meaning, purpose, and happiness in your life.
