If It Makes You Happy
If It Makes You Happy

Author: Claire Kann

Publisher: Swoon Reads

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1250192684

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Claire Kann's If It Makes You Happy is a coming-of-age novel about a young girl learning to embrace her cultural and sexuality identity. Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland--her Granny’s diner, Goldeen’s, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous 50’s inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall. ...until she becomes Misty Haven’s Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with. Newly crowned, Winnie is forced to take center stage in photoshoots and a never-ending list of community royal engagements. Almost immediately, she discovers that she’s deathly afraid of it all: the spotlight, the obligations, and the way her Merry Haven Summer King, wears his heart, humor, and honesty on his sleeve. Stripped of Goldeen’s protective bubble, to salvage her summer Winnie must conquer her fears, defy expectations, and be the best Winnie she knows she can be—regardless of what anyone else thinks of her.

Happy Ever After
Happy Ever After

Author: Paul Dolan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0241284457

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'A passionate, provocative book. It isn't just a self-help book. It is a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times 'One of the most rigorous articulations of the new mood of acceptance...a persuasive demolition of many of our cultural stories about how we ought to live' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian Paul Dolan, the bestselling author of Happiness by Design, shows us how to escape the myth of perfection and find our own route to happiness. Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever. By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.

This Book Won't Make You Happy
This Book Won't Make You Happy

Author: Niro Feliciano

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published: 2022-04-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1506480411

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Happiness is fleeting. And what if you don't even need it to live a life of peace and purpose? Therapist Niro Feliciano says contentment is a deeper, more satisfying state of living, and something we can all achieve through eight research-based postures for cultivating balance and calm.

Whatever Makes You Happy
Whatever Makes You Happy

Author: William Sutcliffe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-04-18

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1408842653

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First published as Whatever Makes You Happy, the hilarious and moving novel about mothers and their adult sons, now a Netflix original movie starring Felicity Huffman, Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette which has now been viewed on over 27 million accounts worldwide Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask...

Handbook on Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment
Handbook on Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment

Author: David Maddison

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-05-29

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 1788119347

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This topical and engaging Handbook brings together cutting-edge research on the relationship between happiness and the natural environment. With interdisciplinary contributions from top scholars, it explores the role of happiness research as a new approach to environmental social science, illustrating the critical links between human wellbeing, happiness and the environment.

Be Happy
Be Happy

Author: Rebecca Ray

Publisher: Rock Point Gift & Stationery

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1631064894

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With tips and techniques on self-improvement, making choices, cultivation, positive habits, and making space, Be Happy is an easy-to-read, inspirational guide on developing habits for happiness.

The Happy Design Toolkit
The Happy Design Toolkit

Author: Ben Channon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1000564673

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If you were to design a building that prioritises occupants’ happiness, what would it look like? How would the materials, form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? Delving into the evidenced-based research on architecture and mental wellbeing, The Happy Design Toolkit helps you to create happier places. It explores how factors, such as lighting, comfort, control over our environments and access to nature, exercise and social interaction, can impact how we feel. Easy-to-understand tips include bringing nature into your developments with roof gardens and living facades and countering social isolation with communal areas that encourage chance interaction. Each of the featured architectural interventions includes an analysis of the wellbeing benefits as well as the potential limitations or associated challenges. From sparking joy in individual homes and workplaces to encouraging healthier lifestyles through landscaping and urban design, this book demonstrates how wellbeing concepts can be integrated across a range of scales and typologies. Packed with inspiration and advice, The Happy Design Toolkit will breathe new life into your projects and help you create a happier and more inclusive built environment for everyone. Features real-world examples including Marmalade Lane co-housing by Mole Architects, Francis Holland School by BDP, Maggie’s Centre Oldham by dRMM Architects, Kings Crescent Estate by Karakusevic Carson Architects and Happy Street by Yinka Ilori. Over 100 hand-drawn illustrations of design details and elevations. Essential reading for architects, interior designers, landscape architects and students.

You Make Me Happy
You Make Me Happy

Author: Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 154760171X

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A new beautifully illustrated celebration of love and friendship from the bestselling creators behind I'll Never Let You Go and I Love You Night and Day. Now in an audio eBook edition that reads aloud as you turn the pages! In this delightfully optimistic and uplifting observance of that special someone who makes you happy, Fox and Porcupine discover that when they're together, life is ever so much brighter. Gorgeous, fun, and full of heart, this is the perfect gift for that sweet ray of light in your life. You make me happy, you make me new; Together there's NOTHING that we cannot do. You make me happy and hopeful and strong, And right by your side is where I belong.

The Teacher's Guide to Self-Care
The Teacher's Guide to Self-Care

Author: Melanie J. Pellowski

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1510757961

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An inspirational memento for the teacher in your life, with quotes, anecdotes, and advice from real educators about teaching philosophies, trends, and so much more! Teachers run on adrenaline, good vibes, and big dreams. They’re often so busy helping our little ones that they forget about the little things they need to be happy on their own time. From simple drink recipes to humorous anecdotes about pop culture and the history of education, The Teacher’s Guide to Self-Care is the perfect cheat sheet for maintaining sanity, looking smart, and feeling fabulous throughout the dog days of the school year. Topics include: Past, present, and future teaching trends Creative ideas for decorating your classroom Teacher lingo How to manage your free time beyond the classroom And so much more! Every teacher who sheds a tear on the last day of summer can share a smile on the first day of school with a confidence-boosting, adorable guidebook that reminds them they aren’t alone.

The Expressive Instinct
The Expressive Instinct

Author: Girija Kaimal

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-04-18

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0197646239

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Self-expression is a fundamental human drive. The need for self-expression can occur through many means both creative and mundane. The Expressive Instinct explains how the complexity of human experiences and the need to express them manifests more profoundly when distilled into artforms and dispels the idea that creativity is the domain of a select gifted few. The book explores the questions: What is the purpose of art in our lives? Could the desire for beauty, to be surrounded by elements of nature, be an innate need? Are art and creative expression essential for a good life? In this book, Dr. Kaimal links over 10 years of research, theories of evolutionary biology, brain sciences, as well as her own lifelong journey as an artist, scholar and educator in many personal and professional roles (textile designer, art therapist, researcher and educator). This book makes the case for why we as human beings need to stay creative and not lose our abilities to channel our inner lives in adaptive expressive ways. The arts, the book argues, are a container for the range of human experiences. Creative expression helps us practice and externalize imagination which in turn helps build resilience for dealing with uncertainty and change.