The Rough Guide to Happiness 1 (Rough Guide Reference)

✍ Scribed by Nick Baylis

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 340
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Don’t worry, be happy….find out how!What is happiness? And how can we achieve it? The Rough Guide to Happiness is the ultimate ‘how to be happy’ handbook. Discover how to effectively improve your work/life balance, increase self-esteem, and nourish your mind and body while nurturing relationships with the ones you love. The Rough Guide to Happiness will help you navigate your way through all parts of modern day life, offering a practical and effective range of happiness-building techniques. Rely on realistic suggestions from Dr Nick Baylis, a practising therapist and former Dr Feelgood for The Times Saturday Magazine, who has worked with everyone from young offenders to stressed airline pilots! Are some people genetically predisposed to be happier than others? Can money or technology make us happy? The Rough Guide to Happiness explores all these questions and more, going beyond facile tips to offer a deeper understanding of what happiness is with easy solutions for you to implement in your daily life. Drawing on the best ideas from every field, from Hypnosis and Energy Therapy to Positive Psychology and Buddhism, The Rough Guide to Happiness provides a wealth of inspiring insights on how to relieve stress and achieve lasting contentment.Make the Most of Your Time on Earth with The Rough Guide to Happiness.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Author’s Acknowledgements......Page 6
About The Author......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
1: Foundations For A Beautirul Life......Page 17
2: Our Sub-conscious......Page 47
3: Our Conscious Strategies......Page 89
4: Our Bodies......Page 119
5: Our Loves And Passions......Page 145
6: Our Social Nature......Page 169
7: Playing Wisely, Working Well......Page 195
8: Our Environment......Page 227
9: Saving Our Soul From Technology......Page 257
10: Exploring The Possibilities......Page 281
Appendix: Working Well With A Therapist......Page 299
Where Now?......Page 319
Credits......Page 325
Index......Page 326