Take a Shot at Happiness

Take a Shot at Happiness

Author: Maria Baltazzi, PhD, MFA

Publisher: Post Hill Press

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1637588615

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On a steamy jungle island in the middle of the South China Sea, a new television show is about to come to its shocking conclusion. A small television stage lit by tiki torches illuminates a show host, a jury of seven contestants sitting on tree stumps, and the final two runners-up for a million dollars. It was season one of CBS’s competition show, Survivor, a show that will become one of the longest-running unscripted series—and one of the most beloved. Maria Baltazzi was one of the original supervising producers. Survivor strips its contestants of everything but their wits while they battle it out to see who will be the winner of a life-changing prize. In watching this, Maria realized that the contestants learned things about themselves that they might never have known before. During the production of this show, Maria realized that she could not be her true self until she stripped back the negativity that was clouding her life and made more self-affirming actions that would lead her to what she truly wanted. This book is Maria's insights about being happy learned from her time in the entertainment industry, observing people and events, traveling, and studying wellbeing. Within these pages is a practical guide for a creative path to happiness through taking photographs with your camera phone, journaling about things that matter, and being part of a supportive community. You can create a healthier state of being and have fun doing it. Even when your world turns upside down, you can still be the writer, director, and producer of the life you want.


Long Shot

Long Shot

Author: Stephanie Livingston,

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-04-05

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781522981190

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Are you a Long Shot? In this new guide by Stephanie Livingston, PhD, Long Shots are women who are feeling the biological clock ticking in their dating life but are still hesitant about the dating scene. They may not be as young and carefree as "Fillies," but they aren't bitter and pessimistic like "Nags." Long Shots believe that true love is still out there. They just don't know how to find it! Livingston is here to help. This new dating guide uses lessons rooted in clinical and positive psychology to explore just why you haven't found Mr. Right. Before you can tackle the dating scene, you need to understand your true self and future goals. To extend the racing metaphor, it isn't just about winning the race; it's about winning it the right way. Before you make your way to the altar, make sure you know exactly what you want in your relationship. Livingston teaches you how to spot unavailable men, date at any age, regain your optimism and excitement, take responsibility for your love journey, implement her eight-steps-in-eight-weeks program, and understand which barriers are holding you back. Livingston's advice, insight, and exercises make dating easier than ever!


O's Little Book of Happiness

O's Little Book of Happiness

Author: O the Oprah Magazine

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-03-31

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1250068568

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A collection of thoughtful and affecting writing on happiness-the first in a series of inspirational books from O. Magazine.


Dot Complicated

Dot Complicated

Author: Randi Zuckerberg

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0062285173

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With Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives, new media pioneer Randi Zuckerberg offers an entertaining and essential guide to understanding how technology and social media influence and inform our lives online and off. Zuckerberg has been on the frontline of the social media movement since Facebook’s early days and her following six years as a marketing executive for the company. Her part memoir, part how-to manual addresses issues of privacy, online presence, networking, etiquette, and the future of social change.


The Happiness Book

The Happiness Book

Author: Mike Duffy

Publisher: Happiness Publishing, LLC

Published: 2016-11-27

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780692815519

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The Happiness Book: A Positive Guide To Happiness teaches readers how to live a happier, more rewarding life.


Hardwiring Happiness

Hardwiring Happiness

Author: Rick Hanson, PhD

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0385347332

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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.


Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Author: Jeanette Winterson

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2012-03-06

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 0802194753

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A New York Times bestseller: The “magnificent” memoir by one of the bravest and most original writers of our time—“A tour de force of literature and love” (Vogue). One of the New York Times’ “50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years” Jeanette Winterson’s bold and revelatory novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. Her internationally best-selling debut, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, and has become a staple of required reading in contemporary fiction classes. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a “singular and electric” memoir about a life’s work to find happiness (The New York Times). It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in a north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. It is the story of how a painful past, rose to haunt the author later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. It is also a book about the power of literature, showing how fiction and poetry can form a string of guiding lights, or a life raft that supports us when we are sinking. Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded story of the search for belonging—for love, identity, home, and a mother.


The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

Author: Tara Altebrando

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-03-07

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1416513280

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Reeling from her mother's death, an aimless 21st-century teen working at a historic village discovers new friends, new loves, and the courage to forge her own path.


I Heart My Life

I Heart My Life

Author: Emily Williams

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1788173104

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Written by entrepreneurial phenomenon Emily Williams, I Heart My Life is a guidebook for women to change their money mindset, get clarity on what they want and start living the life of their dreams. I Heart My Life is a guide for living life in a different way to everyone else--going for your desires and no longer letting doubt, shame, insecurity or other people's judgment stop you from moving forward with that "something big" you know you're meant for. It brings together mindset, money beliefs, success principles, vulnerability, and real-life stories of women who have made their career and life dreams come true. Emily Williams once couldn't even get a job at Starbucks. Yet she went on to move to a new country, clear $30k in credit card debt and build a seven-figure coaching business from scratch. Having worked for years with thousands of women around the world to release what holds them back from the success they want, Emily is now sharing all her most powerful tools to help women radically transform their lives. In this book, you'll discover how to: cultivate a success mindset and trust the intelligence within your heart become clear about what you really want--then, go after it embrace gratitude as a driver for your ambition and success get big results and handle things when they don't go as planned be consistent, persistent and confident on the path towards your dreams Whether you're dreaming of starting your own business, getting ahead in your career, or just experience more joy, adventure and fulfilment in your life, I Heart My Life will catapult you toward your greatest desires.


Bright-sided

Bright-sided

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0805087494

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Exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking, which the author believes leads to self-blame and a preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts on a personal level, and, on a national level, has brought on economic disaster.