Author: Bruce Northam
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781500611910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
A JOURNEY THROUGH 135 COUNTRIES REVEALS WISDOM FROM UNLIKELY SAGESIn THE DIRECTIONS TO HAPPINESS, Bruce Thoreau Northam shares the infinite goodwill of strangers through engaging tales from his travels to 135 countries. He has spent decades navigating the globe in a continuing search for words to live by-and live for-in his quest for enlightenment.Bruce Northam is the award-winning journalist and author of Globetrotter Dogma, In Search of Adventure, and The Frugal Globetrotter. He also created "American Detour," a show revealing the travel writer's journey. His keynote speech, Directions to Your Destination, reveals the many shades of the travel industry and how to entice travelers. Northam's other live presentation, Street Anthropology, is an ode to freestyle wandering. Visit AmericanDetour.com.
Hardwiring Happiness
Author: Rick Hanson, PhD
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0385347332
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0385347332
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
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 Book of Happiness
Author: Nina Berberova
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811215039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
An outstanding novel about a young Russian woman's life in exile after the Russian Revolution. The Book of Happiness is one of the outstanding novels the great Russian writer Nina Berberova wrote during the years she lived in Paris, and the most autobiographical. "All Berberova's characters live raw, unfurnished lives, in poverty, on the edge of cities, with little sense of belongingexcept in moments of epiphanyto their time and in life itself" (The Observer). Such a character is Vera, the protagonist of The Book of Happiness. At the novel's opening, Vera is summoned to the scene of a suicide, that of her childhood companion, Sam Adler, whose family left Russia in the early days of the revolution and whom Vera has not seen in many years. His death reduces Vera to a flood of tears and memories of the times before Sam's departure, and thoughts about how her life has gone sinceher move to Paris where she lives tied to a brilliant but demanding invalid husband. Berberova spins the story with a wonderful unsentimental poignancy, making it a beautiful testament to the indestructibility of happiness.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811215039
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
An outstanding novel about a young Russian woman's life in exile after the Russian Revolution. The Book of Happiness is one of the outstanding novels the great Russian writer Nina Berberova wrote during the years she lived in Paris, and the most autobiographical. "All Berberova's characters live raw, unfurnished lives, in poverty, on the edge of cities, with little sense of belongingexcept in moments of epiphanyto their time and in life itself" (The Observer). Such a character is Vera, the protagonist of The Book of Happiness. At the novel's opening, Vera is summoned to the scene of a suicide, that of her childhood companion, Sam Adler, whose family left Russia in the early days of the revolution and whom Vera has not seen in many years. His death reduces Vera to a flood of tears and memories of the times before Sam's departure, and thoughts about how her life has gone sinceher move to Paris where she lives tied to a brilliant but demanding invalid husband. Berberova spins the story with a wonderful unsentimental poignancy, making it a beautiful testament to the indestructibility of happiness.
A Personal Mission Statement
Author: Michal Stawicki
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508505969
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Discover the most powerful, yet simple tool for revealing happiness from within A personal mission statement is the most powerful tool you can develop in your life. By identifying your single motivating purpose and incorporating it into your philosophy, you will have the tools to achieve happiness and success on a daily basis. This book was written to teach you what a personal mission statement is, how to create one and, if you already have one, how to use it effectively. Create your own personal compass for life's adventures! A personal mission statement is a compass to guide your life. Though the terrain of life can change rapidly, using this compass will ensure you always find your way back home to happiness and success. Am I an expert in this field? I may not have letters like Ph.D. after my name, but I have discovered the secrets of creating personal mission statements, and the amazing power they have to change lives. I have made my own and use it daily. But, don't take my word for it, see what this reader had to say: ""You convinced me to review, rewrite and resume my Personal Mission Statement. Michal, I don't know how to thank you. You have given me so much....now to do it. May you be blessed with much more!"" - Nina Malinda, Malaysia Knowledge is great, but success requires action! There are plenty of resources available online with advice on creating a personal mission statement. In today's world we are overloaded with information, what we need is motivation to actually implement the knowledge we've gained. My book not only shares the "why," but also the "how." Another benefit of my book is that it includes the story of my personal struggle in crafting my own mission statement, offering encouragement as you create your own. Get started immediately Buy "A Personal Mission Statement: Your Road Map to Happiness" now and take the first step on your very own road to happiness.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781508505969
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Discover the most powerful, yet simple tool for revealing happiness from within A personal mission statement is the most powerful tool you can develop in your life. By identifying your single motivating purpose and incorporating it into your philosophy, you will have the tools to achieve happiness and success on a daily basis. This book was written to teach you what a personal mission statement is, how to create one and, if you already have one, how to use it effectively. Create your own personal compass for life's adventures! A personal mission statement is a compass to guide your life. Though the terrain of life can change rapidly, using this compass will ensure you always find your way back home to happiness and success. Am I an expert in this field? I may not have letters like Ph.D. after my name, but I have discovered the secrets of creating personal mission statements, and the amazing power they have to change lives. I have made my own and use it daily. But, don't take my word for it, see what this reader had to say: ""You convinced me to review, rewrite and resume my Personal Mission Statement. Michal, I don't know how to thank you. You have given me so much....now to do it. May you be blessed with much more!"" - Nina Malinda, Malaysia Knowledge is great, but success requires action! There are plenty of resources available online with advice on creating a personal mission statement. In today's world we are overloaded with information, what we need is motivation to actually implement the knowledge we've gained. My book not only shares the "why," but also the "how." Another benefit of my book is that it includes the story of my personal struggle in crafting my own mission statement, offering encouragement as you create your own. Get started immediately Buy "A Personal Mission Statement: Your Road Map to Happiness" now and take the first step on your very own road to happiness.
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Author: Neil Shah
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848319533
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) involves a range of psychological techniques that help you to 'reprogram' your brain – replacing the negative attitudes that hold you back with positive thought patterns that will enable you to be more effective, confident and successful. In just under 20 simple steps, Neil Shah shows you how to use NLP to develop new habits of behaviour and thought that will help you succeed in all areas of life, from influencing others and understanding how they influence you, to achieving your goals, to managing stress.
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1848319533
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) involves a range of psychological techniques that help you to 'reprogram' your brain – replacing the negative attitudes that hold you back with positive thought patterns that will enable you to be more effective, confident and successful. In just under 20 simple steps, Neil Shah shows you how to use NLP to develop new habits of behaviour and thought that will help you succeed in all areas of life, from influencing others and understanding how they influence you, to achieving your goals, to managing stress.
Stories of Happy People
Author: Lars Gustafsson
Publisher: New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780811209786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Tells the stories of a Swedish research engineer in communist China, railroad travelers, intellectuals in exile, the power of love, and the private worlds of the mentally retarded
Publisher: New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780811209786
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Tells the stories of a Swedish research engineer in communist China, railroad travelers, intellectuals in exile, the power of love, and the private worlds of the mentally retarded
Happy for the Rest of Your Life
Author: Gregory L. Jantz
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1599793946
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Whoever said happiness was a pursuit wasn't kidding. We search high and low, spend money we may or may not have, engage in all kinds of behaviors for good and ill, and still come up short in the happiness department. Happiness becomes a destination we're supposed to teach, but we never seem to get there. If happiness is a destination, who has the directions? In Happy for the Rest of Your Life, Dr. Gregory Jantz will use scriptural truths and personal examples to teach, enlighten, encourage, and motivate as he explains: * Our misconceptions about what happiness is and where to find it * Dead ends on the road to happiness * Why God is really the author of "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 1599793946
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Whoever said happiness was a pursuit wasn't kidding. We search high and low, spend money we may or may not have, engage in all kinds of behaviors for good and ill, and still come up short in the happiness department. Happiness becomes a destination we're supposed to teach, but we never seem to get there. If happiness is a destination, who has the directions? In Happy for the Rest of Your Life, Dr. Gregory Jantz will use scriptural truths and personal examples to teach, enlighten, encourage, and motivate as he explains: * Our misconceptions about what happiness is and where to find it * Dead ends on the road to happiness * Why God is really the author of "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Towards Happiness — A Psychoanalytic Approach to Finding Your Way
Author: Ahron Friedberg
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000624188
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Drawing on a range of clinical cases, Towards Happiness presents an engaging, insightful look at how we define and achieve happiness in core aspects of our lives: work and money, wellness and personal growth, sex and love, family and friendship, and aging. The book includes a series of essays by Dr. Ahron Friedberg, a prominent Manhattan psychiatrist, concerning how his patients sought to achieve greater happiness during challenging periods of their lives, and how as a consequence they grew personally and professionally. Each chapter considers a core topic through the lens of Dr. Friedberg’s practice, demonstrating how patients worked through difficult, sometimes chronic personal issues. Throughout, there are useful summaries of key points. While candidly acknowledging that each life is different, Towards Happiness offers practical examples that can enhance readers’ efforts to achieve greater levels of happiness and reorient their lives towards a deeper capacity for happiness. Towards Happiness offers honest insights into the compromises, sacrifices, and resulting degrees of success that characterize pursuing happiness, and will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, clinical psychologists, and other mental health professionals. It will also be useful reading for anyone seeking to understand the achievement of happiness in their own lives.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000624188
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Drawing on a range of clinical cases, Towards Happiness presents an engaging, insightful look at how we define and achieve happiness in core aspects of our lives: work and money, wellness and personal growth, sex and love, family and friendship, and aging. The book includes a series of essays by Dr. Ahron Friedberg, a prominent Manhattan psychiatrist, concerning how his patients sought to achieve greater happiness during challenging periods of their lives, and how as a consequence they grew personally and professionally. Each chapter considers a core topic through the lens of Dr. Friedberg’s practice, demonstrating how patients worked through difficult, sometimes chronic personal issues. Throughout, there are useful summaries of key points. While candidly acknowledging that each life is different, Towards Happiness offers practical examples that can enhance readers’ efforts to achieve greater levels of happiness and reorient their lives towards a deeper capacity for happiness. Towards Happiness offers honest insights into the compromises, sacrifices, and resulting degrees of success that characterize pursuing happiness, and will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, clinical psychologists, and other mental health professionals. It will also be useful reading for anyone seeking to understand the achievement of happiness in their own lives.
The Psychology of Happiness
Author: Michael Argyle
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317797876
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
What is happiness? Why are some people happier than others? This new edition of The Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research into the nature of happiness. Major research developments have occurred since publication of the first edition in 1987 – here they are brought together for the first time, often with surprising conclusions. Drawing on research from the disciplines of sociology, physiology and economics as well as psychology, Michael Argyle explores the nature of positive and negative emotions, and the psychological and cognitive processes involved in their generation. Accessible and wide-ranging coverage is provided on key issues such as: the measurements and study of happiness, mental and physical health; the effect of friendship, marriage and other relationships on positive moods; happiness, mental and physical health; the effects of work, employment and leisure; and the effects of money, class and education. The importance of individual personality traits such as optimism, purpose in life, internal control and having the right kind of goals is also analysed. New to this edition is additional material on national differences, the role of humour, and the effect of religion. Are some countries happier than others? This is just one of the controversial issues addressed by the author along the way. Finally the book discusses the practical application of research in this area, such as how happiness can be enhanced, and the effects of happiness on health, altruism and sociability. This definitive and thought-provoking work will be compulsive reading for students, researchers and the interested general reader
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317797876
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
What is happiness? Why are some people happier than others? This new edition of The Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research into the nature of happiness. Major research developments have occurred since publication of the first edition in 1987 – here they are brought together for the first time, often with surprising conclusions. Drawing on research from the disciplines of sociology, physiology and economics as well as psychology, Michael Argyle explores the nature of positive and negative emotions, and the psychological and cognitive processes involved in their generation. Accessible and wide-ranging coverage is provided on key issues such as: the measurements and study of happiness, mental and physical health; the effect of friendship, marriage and other relationships on positive moods; happiness, mental and physical health; the effects of work, employment and leisure; and the effects of money, class and education. The importance of individual personality traits such as optimism, purpose in life, internal control and having the right kind of goals is also analysed. New to this edition is additional material on national differences, the role of humour, and the effect of religion. Are some countries happier than others? This is just one of the controversial issues addressed by the author along the way. Finally the book discusses the practical application of research in this area, such as how happiness can be enhanced, and the effects of happiness on health, altruism and sociability. This definitive and thought-provoking work will be compulsive reading for students, researchers and the interested general reader
The Treasure Hunt
Author: James J. Smith
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1468507745
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Did you ever stop and wonder if you are living the life you were meant to live? Did you ever wonder if you are living more for someone elses benefit than your own? Are you just putting in your time, doing what you are supposed to do? Do you feel more like a passive observer watching life go by than a meaningful and creative force in your own life? Do you sometimes feel lost and wonder what its all about? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, maybe you are ready for a change. Maybe now is the time to live your life the way you really want towithout the guilt, without the unnecessary struggle, and most of all, without the permission or cooperation from anyone else. This is a book about the way life works. From birth until death, we strive to be ourselves while combating social forces that distort our efforts to be free. However, the socialization process doesnt have to impede our journey toward happiness as we move through our one and only life. In this book, you are encouraged to strive to fully experience your thoughts and feelings and rediscover your True Self in order to reach your full potential. By becoming more in tune with yourself, you are more likely to have satisfying relationships with others. It is hoped that after reading this book you will feel happier with yourself and more excited about your future.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1468507745
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Did you ever stop and wonder if you are living the life you were meant to live? Did you ever wonder if you are living more for someone elses benefit than your own? Are you just putting in your time, doing what you are supposed to do? Do you feel more like a passive observer watching life go by than a meaningful and creative force in your own life? Do you sometimes feel lost and wonder what its all about? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, maybe you are ready for a change. Maybe now is the time to live your life the way you really want towithout the guilt, without the unnecessary struggle, and most of all, without the permission or cooperation from anyone else. This is a book about the way life works. From birth until death, we strive to be ourselves while combating social forces that distort our efforts to be free. However, the socialization process doesnt have to impede our journey toward happiness as we move through our one and only life. In this book, you are encouraged to strive to fully experience your thoughts and feelings and rediscover your True Self in order to reach your full potential. By becoming more in tune with yourself, you are more likely to have satisfying relationships with others. It is hoped that after reading this book you will feel happier with yourself and more excited about your future.
HAPPINESS AT EVERY MILE: You should not die without reading this book, and you shouldn’t live without sharing it with someone else
Author: Dieubon A. François
Publisher: Ibukku LLC
ISBN: 168574642X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Lic. Dieubon A. François is a writer, newspaper columnist, psychologist, family and couples therapist, pastor, lecturer and professor. He completed his university studies at the Universidad National Evangélica (UNEV) Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. At said university, he completed a Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master's Degree in Family and Couples Therapy. He completed a Specialty in Education at the Universidad Dominico-Americano (UNICDA), in the same country and a diploma in Child Psychology at the Universidad del Caribe. He was awarded several awards, including the “Lánzate” award. He has given multiple conferences nationally and internationally on topics such as personal growth, happiness and tips to achieve it, coexistence in educational centers, strategic leadership, youth and progress, the family and the roles of its subsystems, effective management of divorce, effective steps for the management of grief, the effective management of depression, the art of living as a couple, effective modification of human behavior, management of stress and anxiety and strategic management of human resources. In the ecclesiastical field, he has given his lectures on topics such as salvation and its scope, strategic leadership, the art of living as a couple, the 7 steps for the quantitative and qualitative growth of the church, the foundation of Christian life, the seventieth Daniel's week, and so on. He is the author of the books: “Felicidad a Toda Milla”, “Happiness at Every Mile”, and “7 Pasos para Alcazar la Salvación”, among other books in the portfolio. Furthermore, he is a husband and father. He married Christella Thomas with whom he has two children: Chrislenny and Abraham.
Publisher: Ibukku LLC
ISBN: 168574642X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Lic. Dieubon A. François is a writer, newspaper columnist, psychologist, family and couples therapist, pastor, lecturer and professor. He completed his university studies at the Universidad National Evangélica (UNEV) Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. At said university, he completed a Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master's Degree in Family and Couples Therapy. He completed a Specialty in Education at the Universidad Dominico-Americano (UNICDA), in the same country and a diploma in Child Psychology at the Universidad del Caribe. He was awarded several awards, including the “Lánzate” award. He has given multiple conferences nationally and internationally on topics such as personal growth, happiness and tips to achieve it, coexistence in educational centers, strategic leadership, youth and progress, the family and the roles of its subsystems, effective management of divorce, effective steps for the management of grief, the effective management of depression, the art of living as a couple, effective modification of human behavior, management of stress and anxiety and strategic management of human resources. In the ecclesiastical field, he has given his lectures on topics such as salvation and its scope, strategic leadership, the art of living as a couple, the 7 steps for the quantitative and qualitative growth of the church, the foundation of Christian life, the seventieth Daniel's week, and so on. He is the author of the books: “Felicidad a Toda Milla”, “Happiness at Every Mile”, and “7 Pasos para Alcazar la Salvación”, among other books in the portfolio. Furthermore, he is a husband and father. He married Christella Thomas with whom he has two children: Chrislenny and Abraham.