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    The Happiness Makeover: Teach Yourself to Enjoy Every Day

    By M.J. Ryan

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    Be Happy, Stay Happy

    We all want the things that we’re sure will make us happy—money, success, independence, love. But when we finally get them, we can find to our surprise that we are the same miserable, moody, or just neutral people we always were. Is that just the way things are

    Luckily, no! We can teach ourselves to be happy and enjoy every day, and M.J. Ryan, bestselling author of The Power of Patience and Attitudes of Gratitude, shows us how.

    The Happiness Makeover draws on this wide-ranging knowledge and presents a plan that will help readers:
    • clear away happiness hindrances like worry, fear, envy, and grudges
    • discover happiness boosters
    • literally rewire their brains to experience contentment—even joy
    • learn to think optimistically (It really is possible!)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Wheel Weiser
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781609258399
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    The Happiness Makeover: Teach Yourself to Enjoy Every Day
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    M.J. Ryan

    Known internationally as an expert on change, M.J. Ryan works as an executive coach to senior executives and entrepreneurs around the world to accelerate business success and personal fulfillment. She combines a practical approach gained as the CEO of a book publishing company with methodologies from neuroscience, positive psychology and asset-focused learning to help clients and readers more easily meet their goals. Her clients include Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft, Time, the U.S. military, and Aon Hewitt. She's a partner with the Levo League career network and the lead venture coach at SheEO, an organization offering a new funding and support model for female entrepreneurs. She's the founder of Conari Press, creator of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series, and author of many books, including, Habit Changers: 81 Game-Changing Mantras to Mindfully Realize Your Goals.

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    • 3/5
      Not a lot new here, nor does the author have a beautiful prose style, but still worth browsing. Some of my favorites are practicing gratefulness, reminding yourself that this is not the end of the story, and learning to think optimistically. "To experience the 10,000 joys," the author quotes writer Jack Kornfield, "you must be willing to touch the 10,000 sorrows."
    • 4/5
      Ms. Ryan's little book is full of wisdom and practical advice. She has arranged the short chapters in a logical order, building up the case for happiness as well as her credibility as she goes. She starts by assuring the reader "You can be happier" through a one chapter discussion of her own journey toward increased happiness. She next asks the reader "What's standing in your way?" through 17 short chapters that examine happiness barriers. Chapters 18-53, each a short, one-topic essay, give the reader advice on "activating daily happiness." Knowing that we sometimes need a quick fix, she concludes with "twenty-two instant happiness boosters." Ms. Ryan's last paragraph in the final chapter, "loving your life," conveys her intent in writing the book as well as her tone: "May you find joy in your ordinary days and may you bring joy to others through the beauty of your heart, mind, and spirit."