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The how of happiness : a scientific approach to getting the life you want / Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyubomirsky, Sonja, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2007]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- You hold in your hands a different kind of happiness book. The How of Happiness is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research. It is also a practical, empowering, and easy-to-follow workbook, incorporating happiness strategies, exercises in new ways of thinking, and quizzes for understanding our individuality, all in an effort to help us realize our innate potential for joy and ways to sustain it in our lives. Drawing upon years of pioneering research with thousands of men and women, The How of Happiness is both a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to people who have sought to take their happiness into their own hands.
- Contents:
- Is it possible to become happier?
- How happy are you and why?
- How to find happiness activities that fit your interests, your values, and your needs
- Practicing gratitude and positive thinking
- Investing in social connections
- Managing stress, hardship, and trauma
- Living in the present
- Happiness activity no. 10: committing to your goals
- Taking care of your body and your soul
- The five hows behind sustainable happiness
- The promise of abiding happiness: an afterword
- Postscript: if you are depressed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-357) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lyubomirsky, Sonja. How of happiness.
- ISBN:
- 9781101202807
- 1101202807
- 9781429557276
- 1429557273
- 9781429557306
- 1429557303
- Publisher Number:
- 99988172303
- EB00398428 Recorded Books
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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