This book won't make you happy : eight keys to finding true contentment / Niro Feliciano, LCSW.
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TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2022]Copyright date: © 2022Description: x, 275 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1506480411
- 9781506480411
- This book will not make you happy
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Thought-provoking, insightful, full of practical tidbits, and a fun read." --Dr. Leah Katz, psychologist and author of Gutsy: Mindfulness Practices for Everyday Bravery
When people find out she is a therapist, Niro Feliciano knows she isn't going anywhere anytime soon. At soccer games, at cocktail parties, in waiting rooms, people corner her and ask: Why am I so stressed? Is the way I feel normal? Why can't I just be happy?
The truth is happiness is fleeting, and we are stressing ourselves out trying to achieve it. In This Book Won't Make You Happy, national media commentator and Psychology Todaycolumnist Feliciano offers a path to something much more achievable and abundantly more satisfying: contentment.
By incorporating eight simple postures rooted in cognitive behavioral science and mindfulness practices into our daily routines, we can move away from anxiety and toward balance and calm. Acceptance, gratitude, connection, a present-focused perspective, intentionality and priority, self-compassion, resilience, and faith: through these practices we will overcome obstacles that hold us back from living full, meaningful, contented lives.
Anxiety, stress, and grief aren't going away anytime soon, and this book won't make you happy. But with wit and empathy, Feliciano leads you right past happy to calm. No matter how "happy" your life is--or isn't--you can reach a deeper, truer, and longer-lasting place of contentment.
Includes bibliographical references.
"The truth is happiness is fleeting, and we are stressing ourselves out trying to achieve it. In This Book Won't Make You Happy, national media commentator and Psychology Today columnist Feliciano offers a path to something much more achievable and abundantly more satisfying: contentment."-- Amazon.com.
Part I: Why is happiness so hard to find? --Chapter 1: Normal -- Chapter 2: Crazy -- Chapter 3: Cravings -- Chapter 4: Selfies -- Chapter 5: Paradise -- Chapter 6: Habits -- Part II: The eight keys to contentment: Chapter 7: Acceptance -- Chapter 8: Self-compassion -- Chapter 9: Gratitude -- Chapter 10: Connection -- Chapter 11: Present focus -- Chapter 12: Priority and intention -- Chapter 13: Resilience -- Chapter 14: Faith.
Happiness is fleeting-- and we are stressing ourselves out trying to achieve it. Feliciano offers a path to something much more achievable and abundantly more satisfying: contentment. She shows how to incorporate eight simple postures rooted in cognitive behavioral science and mindfulness practices into our daily routines, to help us move away from anxiety and toward balance and calm. These practices can help you overcome obstacles that hold us back from living full, meaningful, contented lives. -- adapted from jacket