The How of Happiness
A Practical Guide to Getting the Life You Want
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Sonja Lyubomirsky
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The key tenet of THE HOW OF HAPPINESS is that every human being has a happiness 'set point', which, depending on how high or low it is, can determine how positive or negative they feel. This book offers a practical approach to help listeners increase their set point, and find a level of happiness above that which they would normally feel, and feel more satisfaction in life.
Based on scientific research and trials, this is a groundbreaking book that offers a practical plan to enable listeners to achieve a more positive outlook at home, at work and in their personal life. It will also be of enormous benefit to the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from depression in the UK as it provides the tools to feel better about life.
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The Upside of Your Dark Side
- Why Being Your Whole Self - Not Just Your "Good" Self - Drives Success and Fulfillment
- By: Todd Kashdan, Robert Biswas-Diener
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 790
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 692
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Story4 out of 5 stars 684
In The Upside of Your Dark Side, two pioneering researchers in the field of psychology show that while mindfulness, kindness, and positivity can take us far, they cannot take us all the way. Sometimes, they can even hold us back. Emotions like anger, anxiety, or doubt might be uncomfortable, but it turns out that they are also incredibly useful.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Boring and learned nothing
- By Taryn on 07-25-16
By: Todd Kashdan, and others
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21 Days to Resilience
- How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self
- By: Zelana Montminy
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
In 21 Days to Resilience, Dr. Zelana Montminy gives you a practical, concrete toolkit to develop your capacity to recover quickly. Each day of her powerful program, Dr. Montmimy introduces a key concept necessary to improve resiliency and enhance well-being - such as courage, focus, positivity, self-care, and social support - then provides three quick skills to accomplish. Throughout the book she teaches you lifelong skills you can continue to practice and return to as needed to keep your resiliency muscles strong.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Helpful insight
- By Schase on 07-08-18
By: Zelana Montminy
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Super Mind
- How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life Through Transcendental Meditation
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal MD
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 273
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 238
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Story4 out of 5 stars 240
The noted research psychiatrist and New York Times best-selling author explores how Transcendental Meditation permanently alters your daily consciousness, resulting in greater productivity, emotional resilience, and aptitude for success.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Infomercial
- By Amazon Customer on 11-22-16
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The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
- By: Amit Sood MD MSc
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 74
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Have you ever driven several miles without noticing anything on the road or read a page in a book without registering any of it? Do the day's worries and disappointments crowd your mind as you're trying to fall asleep at night? Do you feel stressed much of the time and aren't sure how to find peace? In this book Amit Sood, MD, MSc, a Mayo Clinic specialist in stress and resiliency, reveals how the mind's instinctive restlessness and shortsightedness generate stress and anxiety and presents strategies for living a more peaceful life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Put me to sleep
- By michael on 09-25-16
By: Amit Sood MD MSc
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Rethinking Positive Thinking
- Inside the New Science of Motivation
- By: Gabriele Oettingen
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4 out of 5 stars 128
Based on her groundbreaking research and large-scale scientific studies, Oettingen introduces a new way to visualize the future, called mental contrasting. It combines focusing on our dreams with visualizing the obstacles that stand in our way. In Rethinking Positive Thinking, Oettingen applies mental contrasting to three key areas of personal change - becoming healthier, nurturing personal and professional relationships, and performing better at work.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Simply unimpressive
- By Jeff Fiske on 10-25-14
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The Dolphin Way
- A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids - without Turning into a Tiger
- By: Shimi Kang
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
The Dolphin Way walks readers through Dr. Kang’s four-part method for cultivating self-motivation. The audiobook makes a powerful case that we are not forced to choose between being permissive or controlling. The third option—the option that will prepare our kids for success in a future that will require adaptability - is the dolphin way.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very easy way to understand complicated subject
- By Nhat on 11-05-18
By: Shimi Kang
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The Depths
- The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
- By: Jonathan Rottenberg
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Nearly every depressed person is assured by doctors, well-meaning friends and family, the media, and ubiquitous advertisements that the underlying problem is a chemical imbalance. Such a simple defect should be fixable, yet despite all of the resources that have been devoted to finding a pharmacological solution, depression remains stubbornly widespread. Why are we losing this fight?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great read for understanding
- By Adam on 02-04-15
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The Path to Positivity
- Proven Positive Thinking Techniques for Getting Motivated and Living Your Best Life
- By: Caitlin Margaret
- Narrated by: Linda Henning
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Whether you’re hoping to feel confident at work, create stronger relationships, or complete unfinished home projects - lasting change starts with positive thinking. The Path to Positivity gives you the mental tools to overcome negativity, renew your motivation, and get unstuck from the daily grind - all with the help of positive thinking. Find empowerment through positive thinking with supportive advice on things like goal setting, relationship management, and self-care.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book!
- By جحش بن سلمان on 05-14-21
By: Caitlin Margaret
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The Longevity Project
- Surprising Discoveries for Health and Long Life from the Landmark Eight-Decade Study
- By: Howard S. Friedman, Leslie R. Martin
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 140
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 104
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Story4 out of 5 stars 104
For years we have been told to make lists and obsessively monitor when we’re angry, what we eat, how much we worry, and how often we go to the gym. So why isn’t everyone healthy? Now based on the most extensive study of long life ever conducted The Longevity Project reveals what really matters across the long run—the personality traits, relationships, experiences, and career paths that naturally keep you vital.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good info to know about
- By Thomas on 11-10-11
By: Howard S. Friedman, and others
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Transcendence
- Healing and Transformation Through Transcendental Meditation
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 353
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 296
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 290
Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D., a 20-year researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and the celebrated psychiatrist who pioneered the study and treatment of Season Affective Disorder (SAD), brings us the most important work on Transcendental Meditation since the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Science of Being and Art of Living - and one of our generation's most significant books on achieving greater physical and mental health and wellness.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational yet "Informercional"
- By James on 05-24-13
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Happier Now
- By: Nataly Kogan
- Narrated by: Nataly Kogan
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
What if you could be happier, right now, without radically changing your life? As nationally recognized happiness expert Nataly Kogan teaches, happiness is not a nice feeling or a frivolous extra. It’s a critical, non-negotiable ingredient for living a fulfilling, meaningful, and healthy life - and it's a skill that we can all learn and improve through practice. In Happier Now, Nataly shares an illuminating, inspiring, and science-based guide to help you build your happier skills and live with more joy, starting now.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book will turn your life around ... TODAY!
- By Joe Barnhill on 06-04-18
By: Nataly Kogan
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Uncovering Happiness
- Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-compassion
- By: Elisha Goldstein PhD
- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 36
Most of us believe when we're depressed that our situation is hopeless. That's a mistake, Dr. Elisha Goldstein reassures us in Uncovering Happiness. The secret to overcoming depression and uncovering happiness is in harnessing our brain's own natural antidepressant power and ultimately creating a more resilient antidepressant brain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but focused on depression.
- By wrenekape on 03-22-15
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Procrastination
- Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
- By: Jane B. Burka PhD, Lenora M. Yuen PhD
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 192
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Story4 out of 5 stars 193
Based on their workshops and counseling experience, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and at times humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople. Procrastination identifies the reasons we put off tasks - fears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachment - and their roots in our childhood and adult experiences.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not as an audio book.
- By Lo on 04-13-12
By: Jane B. Burka PhD, and others
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How to Make Good Things Happen
- Know Your Brain, Enhance Your Life
- By: Marian Rojas Estapé
- Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 23
An empowering journey through the mechanisms of the mind from one of the world’s leading mental health experts.
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3 out of 5 stars
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it's just ok
- By Serafin Zuniga on 01-18-24