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Happiness Is a Choice: New Ways to Enhance Joy and Meaning in Your Life
Written by Paul Meier MD and Frank Minirth MD
Narrated by Gabriel Travesser
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Whether depression is felt mildly or acutely, temporarily or persistently, it strikes just about everyone at some point. Drs. Minirth and Meier believe, however, that the emotional pain of depression can be overcome and avoided. Drawing from their professional training, counseling experience, and biblical knowledge, they explore the complex relationship between spiritual life and psychological health and then spell out basic steps for recovering from depression and maintaining a happy, fulfilling life.
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Reviews for Happiness Is a Choice
Rating: 3.482142878571429 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book seemed to be written more for a psychiatrist or psychologists rather than for the layperson, but it had some interesting points and was not too technical. It was interesting how the authors associated "happiness" specifically with depression; in other words, from their perspective they seemed to have the idea that a lack of happiness equalled a depressed person (or depression). Good (not great) book for the one struggling with depression. I would recommend Tim LaHaye's book, Depression, as a better book for the layperson.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I thought this was a great book for providing some practical and hopeful advice as regards depression. I appreciated the theological and psychological integration.