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The how of happiness : a scientific approach to getting the life you want / Sanja Lyubomirsky.

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  • ISBN: 9781847441935
  • ISBN: 1847441939
  • ISBN: 159420148X
  • ISBN: 9781594201486
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: London : Sphere, 2007.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 How to Attain Real and Lasting Happiness -- 1 Is It Possible to Become Happier? 13 -- 2 How Happy Are You and Why? 27 -- 3 How to Find Happiness Activities That Fit Your Interests, Your Values, and Your Needs 69 -- Part 2 Happiness Activities -- Foreword to Part Two: Before You Begin 83 -- 4 Practicing Gratitude and Positive Thinking 88 -- 5 Investing in Social Connections 125 -- 6 Managing Stress, Hardship, and Trauma 150 -- 7 Living in the Present 180 -- 8 Happiness Activity No. 10: Committing to Your Goals 205 -- 9 Taking Care of Your Body and Your Soul 227 -- Part 3 Secrets to Abiding Happiness -- 10 Five Hows Behind Sustainable Happiness 257 -- Promise of Abiding Happiness: An Afterword 282 -- Postscript: If You Are Depressed 285 -- Appendix Additional Happiness Activities That May Fit 305.
Subject: Happiness.
Attitude (Psychology)
Self-actualization (Psychology)

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