Download or read book Finding Happiness In Tough Times written by Bertha A Peterson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many things happening in life right now. You could be thinking a lot, which might easily affect how you feel. In light of the fact that happiness appears to be so dependent on your sentiments, how can you find pleasure throughout difficult times? If crucial actions are taken and those that most people avoid doing or sometimes refer to as lowering standards are done, then living a far happier life is assured. This book is all about educating readers on how to enhance their quality of life. It takes time, work, and attention to begin living joyfully, along with the appropriate methods and strategies, but it is all worthwhile since being happy even in difficult circumstances may help you gain emotional strength. As a result, reaching your goals and fulfilling your dreams becomes a lot simpler. Whatever being happy means to you, it may be achieved in surprisingly easy ways, even in tough times when it might be difficult to remember what it feels like to be happy. This book outlines many methods for discovering true happiness during tough times.
Download or read book The Good Life Method written by Meghan Sullivan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Happiness in Hard Times written by Andrew Matthews and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about:. surviving when you're broke. how happy people think - and how you can be like them. liking yourself before you lose that extra weight. persevering after you get the sack. being happy before you meet your dream partner - and when they become a 'learning experience!'Filled with Andrew's charming cartoons, and inspiring stories of people who have lost everything they had or almost been beaten by alcohol, illness, abuse or outrageous misfortune, Happiness in Hard Times shows us how we too can find our way through the pain to the contentment that seems out of reach.
Download or read book The Sunny Nihilist written by Wendy Syfret and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finding Happiness in the Dark written by Fanny Tobato and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to find joy in the midst of tough times? Are you feeling lost, overwhelmed, or hopeless? In "FINDING HAPPINESS IN THE DARK: A Guide to Navigating Tough Times" author Fanny provides a practical and uplifting guide to help you navigate difficult periods and emerge stronger and more resilient. Drawing on education, experience and extensive research, this book offers valuable insights and actionable tips to help you shift your mindset, find meaning and purpose, and cultivate happiness in even the darkest of circumstances. From mindfulness practices to gratitude exercises, from creative outlets to positive self-talk, you'll discover a range of effective strategies to help you find joy in small moments and overcome adversity. Whether you're dealing with grief, stress, depression, or other challenges, "FINDING HAPPINESS IN THE DARK: A Guide to Navigating Tough Times" provides a roadmap to help you navigate the journey and emerge happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. With this book as your guide, you'll be empowered to face life's challenges with courage, optimism, and hope.
Download or read book How Life Works written by Andrew Matthews and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun, whimisical primer to the New Thought movement. THE MYTH: Success makes you happy. THE FACT: Happiness makes you successful. It's not about who you know, or even what you know. It's about how good you feel, which, luckily for you, is entirely within your own power. Discover how to feel good, replace patterns of fear and failure with love and kindness, and create the life of abundance you've always dreamt of: • Doing work you love • Surrounded by people you love • And with the love of your life 'In a Nutshell' features throughout provide useful reminders of the key valuable lessons in each chapter. How Life Works is illustrated with 90 of Andrew's trademark sketches. "My cartoons illustrate the message", says Andrew. "Cartoons also remind us not to take life too seriously."
Download or read book Pause and Smile written by Alicia Chmielewski and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you trying to find the light in the darkness? Is dealing with divorce, loss, health challenges, or just plain everyday life putting a strain on your happiness? If so, getting through isn't easy; yet, it's very possible. You can smile once again. Spending just a few moments a day with this thought provoking guide will help you identify the little joys in life that cumulate to form greater joy - even those you may have had a hard time finding. These practices are tried-and-true ways to alter your mindset to become a happier, more confident, positive person. What's included in this simple, easy to follow guide: Encouragement; a journey from heartbreak to restored faith Environment tips A monthly guide of day-to-day activities that will help you find and rekindle joy and happiness in your own life Simple reminders and affirmations to meditate, journal, or simply focus on daily Not a big reader? That's okay. This book was designed as a short, concise guide so that you can focus on yourself rather than long, drawn-out reading times. If you're ready to make a positive change in your heart, mind and spirit, utilize these exercises and you'll find that smiling will come naturally. If you're ready to rediscover your happy, you're ready for this book. See you on the road to positivity inside!
Download or read book The Happiness of Pursuit written by Chris Guillebeau and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable guide to the quests that give our lives meaning—and how to find your own—from the New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup and 100 Side Hustles “If you like complacency and mediocrity, do not read this book. It’s dangerously inspiring.”—A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All When he set out to visit all of the planet’s countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal-seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined that his journey’s biggest revelation would be how many people like himself exist—each pursuing a challenging quest. These quests are as diverse as humanity itself, involving exploration, the pursuit of athletic or artistic excellence, or battling against injustice and poverty. Everywhere that Chris visited he found ordinary people working toward extraordinary goals, making daily down payments on their dreams. These “questers” included a suburban mom pursuing a wildly ambitious culinary project, a DJ producing the world’s largest symphony, a young widower completing the tasks his wife would never accomplish—and scores of others writing themselves into the record books. The more Chris spoke with these strivers, the more he began to appreciate the direct link between questing and long-term happiness, and he was compelled to complete a comprehensive study of the phenomenon. In The Happiness of Pursuit, he draws on interviews with hundreds of questers, revealing their secret motivations, their selection criteria, the role played by friends and family, their tricks for solving logistics, and the importance of documentation. Equally fascinating is Chris’s examination of questing’s other side. What happens after the summit is climbed, the painting hung, the endurance record broken, the at-risk community saved? A book that challenges each of us to take control—to make our lives be about something while at the same time remaining clear-eyed about the commitment—The Happiness of Pursuit will inspire readers of every age and aspiration. It’s a playbook for making your life count. “The Happiness of Pursuit is smart, honest, and dangerous. Why dangerous? Because it is as practical as it is inspiring. You won’t just be daydreaming about your quest—you’ll be packing for it!”—Brené Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, author of Daring Greatly
Download or read book The Positive Journal written by Nancy F. Clark and published by Sterling. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 365 days of guidance, inspiration, and journaling, you can stay positive all year--and become the best possible you! Using science-backed research and positive psychology, this five-minutes-a-day journal offers motivational tips, prompts, and exercises to guide you to long-term happiness and fulfillment. Learn how to mindfully savor the moments, build friendships and confidence, handle challenges and emotions, and realize your personal potential.
Download or read book How to Be Happy Even in Hard Times written by V. P. Rosie and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *You are never alone when you are experiencing hardship. Everyone, in one way or the other, has experienced downturns in life.*How you react to stress, anxiety, fear, or sadness is a result of how you look at yourself as well as the environment that surrounds you.*True happiness can only be found from within. It is a state of contentment that you need to work upon in order to achieve.*Working on happiness involves mindfulness towards your thinking process and actions. You will never find happiness if you never figure out what you want through introspection. *It also involves actively pursuing positivity by practicing gratefulness and kindness to others.*Your family, friends, or support group play a crucial role in fostering your happiness. Establishing beautiful relationships with them is where happiness thrives.*There will always be something negative that will happen. There will also be people who will say hurtful words. As long as you keep in mind that you are responsible for your own happiness, you will have an acceptance that there are just some things that are outside your control.*Sometimes, what's stopping us from being happy is our reliance on a certain comfort zone since the pursuit of happiness also involves daring to take a leap to the unknown for the sake of change which what this pursuit usually implies.*In your journey towards happiness, always remember that the Universe has got your back. Trust in its process. You have to actively work for your own happiness and let it do the rest.The world is now reeling in a crisis that just simply caught everyone off-guard. No one expected the COVID-19 pandemic to have such a profound impact on the global economy and politics. Not each and every one of us had any idea beforehand on how it will impact our personal lives -- whether it was a job loss, being forced into isolation, or the death of a loved one. Whatever form the impact it has brought into your life, there seems that it has caused another pandemic in the midst of all the uncertainty -- the pandemic of sadness. How to be Happy Even in Hard Times provides insights that will help you manage the stress and sadness you might be feeling right now. It provides a perspective on how to handle things with the help of positivity and kindness.The solution it gives can sound so simple -- as if we (and somehow we actually do) knew it all along -- but at the same time complex since it is in the doing where it is most challenging. Nonetheless, the answer is nowhere far or unreachable. It can be found within yourself. It is something that you will gain as long as you are willing to work on it and face the challenges and barriers that come your way.The book also defines happiness in the simplest and humblest of things. It is not found in material possession or passing external stimuli. It is a state that can be achieved through mindfulness, acceptance, love, and kindness. It is something that you have within but will only blossom when you open yourself to the love and support of family and friends.How do we achieve this? The book outlines both practical tips as well as realizations learned by the author from her experiences herself. It is all about your mindset as well as taking care of your body and the feelings of others around you. The best piece of advice that it could give, most especially because things are uncertain nowadays, is to trust the process of the Universe. As long as you have positivity and gratefulness as your intention, the Universe will receive this energy and pass it on in its cycle in which you are a part of. You only have to trust this alongside giving your best effort towards the path of happiness. You don't have to worry, the Universe has got your back.
Download or read book The Lightmaker s Manifesto written by Karen Walrond and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Karen Walrond shines her light so we can find our own." —Brené Brown Many of us have strong convictions. We want to advocate for causes we care about--but which ones? We want to work for change--but will the emotional toll lead to burn out? Leadership coach, lawyer, photographer, and activist Karen Walrond knows that when you care deeply about the world, light can seem hard to find. But when your activism grows out of your joy--and vice versa--you begin to see light everywhere. In The Lightmaker's Manifesto, Walrond helps us name the skills, values, and actions that bring us joy; identify the causes that spark our empathy and concern; and then put it all together to change the world. Creative and practical exercises, including journaling, daily intention-setting, and mindful self-compassion, are complemented by lively conversations with activists and thought leaders such as Valarie Kaur, Brené Brown, Tarana Burke, and Zuri Adele. With stories from around the world and wisdom from those leading movements for change, Walrond beckons readers toward lives of integrity, advocacy, conviction, and joy. By unearthing our passions and gifts, we learn how to joyfully advocate for justice, peace, and liberation. We learn how to become makers of light.
Download or read book Happier No Matter What written by Tal Ben-Shahar and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even when everything is going wrong, the science of happiness can help you! Pioneering positive psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar shows us how in Happier, No Matter What. Ben-Shahar busts the all-too-common ideas that success brings happiness and that we can seek happiness itself. When hard times thwart our success and steal our joy, these ideas actually invite despair by leaving us with nothing to do. But we can do something: We can climb the SPIRE—Ben-Shahar’s five-step staircase to hope and purpose. Spiritual: I am experiencing meaning. Physical: My body’s needs are met. Intellectual: I am learning. Relational: My friends support me. Emotional: I am allowed to feel. By truly living these five elements of well-being, we build the resilience to carry us through anything—from a personal loss to a global pandemic. Ben-Shahar’s all-new SPIRE method shows us the way to becoming “whole again”—and when we’re whole, we invite happiness in.
Download or read book Stumbling on Happiness written by Daniel Gilbert and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Positive Intelligence written by Shirzad Chamine and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chamine exposes how your mind is sabotaging you and keeping your from achieving your true potential. He shows you how to take concrete steps to unleash the vast, untapped powers of your mind.
Download or read book A Short Course in Happiness After Loss written by Maria Sirois and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Short Course in Happiness After Loss, acclaimed positive psychologist Maria Sirois traverses the territories we most fear-death, exile, disease-and offers us a poetic, compassionate template for rising through pain towards a resilient happiness that acknowledges the scars of our suffering while also rejoicing in the goodness of our world.
Download or read book The Algebra of Happiness written by Scott Galloway and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unconventional book of wisdom and life advice from renowned business school professor and New York Times bestselling author of The Four Scott Galloway. Scott Galloway teaches brand strategy at NYU's Stern School of Business, but his most popular lectures deal with life strategy, not business. In the classroom, on his blog, and in YouTube videos garnering millions of views, he regularly offers hard-hitting answers to the big questions: What's the formula for a life well lived? How can you have a meaningful career, not just a lucrative one? Is work/life balance possible? What are the elements of a successful relationship? The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning draws on Professor Galloway's mix of anecdotes and no-BS insight to share hard-won wisdom about life's challenges, along with poignant personal stories. Whether it's advice on if you should drop out of school to be an entrepreneur (it might have worked for Steve Jobs, but you're probably not Steve Jobs), ideas on how to position yourself in a crowded job market (do something "boring" and move to a city; passion is for people who are already rich), discovering what the most important decision in your life is (it's not your job, your car, OR your zip code), or arguing that our relationships to others are ultimately all that matter, Galloway entertains, inspires, and provokes. Brash, funny, and surprisingly moving, The Algebra of Happiness represents a refreshing perspective on our need for both professional success and personal fulfillment, and makes the perfect gift for any new graduate, or for anyone who feels adrift.
Download or read book Happier written by Tal Ben-Shahar and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can YouLearn to BeHappy? YES . . . according to the teacher of HarvardUniversity’s most popular and life-changingcourse. One out of every five Harvard studentshas lined up to hear Tal Ben-Shahar’sinsightful and inspiring lectures on thatever-elusive state: HAPPINESS. HOW? Grounded in the revolutionary “positive psychology” movement,Ben-Shahar ingeniously combines scientific studies, scholarly research, self-help advice, and spiritual enlightenment. He weaves them together into a set of principles that you can apply to your daily life. Once you open your heart and mind to Happier ’s thoughts, you will feel more fulfilled, more connected . . . and, yes, HAPPIER. “Dr. Ben-Shahar, one of the most popular teachers in Harvard’s recent history, has written a personal, informed, and highly enjoyable primer on how to become happier. It would be wise to take his advice.” --Ellen J. Langer, author of Mindfulness and On Becoming an Artist “This fine book shimmers with a rare brand of good sense that is imbedded in scientific knowledge about how to increase happiness. It is easy to see how this is the backbone of the most popular course at Harvard today." --Martin E. P. Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness
