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Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day
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From positive psychology expert Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., Paths to Happiness guides readers through 50 fun, stimulating, mind-opening ways to achieve greater joy and feel more fulfilled. From dabbling in watercolors to expressing gratitude, embracing nostalgia to power napping, each suggestion in this ebook has been shown by scientific research to increase happiness and support well-being. Every topic is explored in a digestible manner and invites readers to reflect on their lives, with easy ways to cultivate a happier mindset. The easy dip-in, dip-out style and engaging activities make this accessible guide to finding happiness in daily living one that people will want to revisit again and again.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In this unique new book, Dr. Edward Hoffman provides 50 ways that have been shown to add joy in life. Each of the fifty chapters provides an introduction, explanation, and reflection upon a joyful life practice, such as gardening and bird watching, or a concept, such as self-compassion or awe. Dr. Hoffman also consistently provides insights from positive psychology to show that there is significant scientific backing behind the ability of these "tried and true" methods of cultivating happiness and joy within our lives.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5With the plethora of self-help books available, an addition to their ranks needs to offer something new in order to earn more than passing notice. The author of this book, a licensed psychologist and university professor, offers 50 suggestions for cultivating happiness based on positive psychology research. All of the recommendations are evidence-based, with the reference list providing citations that support each of the 50 recommendations. Some of the cited works are classics by Jung, Freud, May, James, and the like, while many others are citations to more recent research in psychological and medical journals.Some of the suggestions are activities, while others are emotions or states of mind. Recommended activities include things like community singing, cooking and baking, genealogy, knitting, prayer, travel, and volunteering, all activities that have added joy to my own life. I found the emotions/states of mind slightly less persuasive and somewhat repetitive. Is there really a difference between awe and a sense of wonder? Yet these are two separate recommendations.This book provides useful suggestions for coping with the mild depression, or “blues”, that often follow a life-changing event like divorce or a bereavement. The book seems to be designed as a gift book, and it would make a thoughtful gift for a friend or relative who is coping with a major life change. It may also be useful for counselors or therapists to share with clients either in its entirety or by selecting recommended activities for homework assignments.This review is based on a complimentary copy provided by the publisher through LibraryThing's early Reviewers program.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day is a little cookbook for happiness. The author offers fifty entrees you might sample, and suggests ways for you to cook up your own versions of any you particularly like each day. Some are quite enormous, like Forgiveness and Self-Compassion and Authenticity, and might take years to actually do on a daily basis. Some are tiny, and could be tried in a weekend, like Birding or Tai Chi or Power Napping. All-in-all, a nice way to taste fifty ways to happiness and see which might work for you.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paths to Happiness 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day by Edward Hoffman is a good quick read. First let me say this is a quality hard cover book printed on high quality paper. So it does look great on your shelf. Those features are minor compared to content. There are so many books written on the subject of happiness that it is extremely difficult to come up with something new. I don't believe there is anything earth shattering in ghe book it's real beauty is on it's simplicity. The 50 ways which are a few pages of each idea is organized alphabetically. The concepts are simple but they are useful as a quick idea or reminder that can be used daily and each idea does contain some interesting information. Paths include ideas like doing adventure sports, art, gardening, of photography. Also, things like practicing mindfulness, forgiveness, gratitude and kindness. These are just a few of the ideas. If you want a simple quick read book with ideas you can use then I would recommend this book. Personally it will be a nice addition to my self help library.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Paths to Happiness is a cute book that is written in small chapters of 3-4 pages that can be read quickly. I didn't find anything in the book truly eye opening, exciting or new. It seemed like a list of hobbies people enjoy and a list of positive attributes that make people happy like gratitude, forgiveness, and creativity. At the end of each chapter there is a guided activity. However, the guided activity is usually no more than, no do the hobby. It's a nice book for a waiting room or a coffee table to flip through for a few minutes, but it isn't a must have.(I received this book as a LibraryThing Early Reviewer.)
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I received this as an Early Reviewers selection. I am a pretty happy person normally, but was curious as to what other insights I might learn from this book. The book is a smallish book; mine is hardcover and very well made. Inside are fifty ways to help yourself be happy. Each idea is presented in two or three pages and explained as to what it is and how it affects your happiness or your attitude. The last page of each 'path to happiness' is a list of more practical ways to begin that particular activity. One example is 'Mentoring". The term is explained and a short history of the mentoring idea is given. At the end of the three short pages, a blue box lists ways and guidelines to sharing your mastery of a subject. 1. choose an activity that reflects your personal interests. This will minimize burnout. 2. Be realistic. No relationship is perfect, so expect occasional snags. 3. To best promote your mentee's growth, encourage decision making rather than dependence. 4. Be an active listener. Allow your nemtee to offer fresh ideas and methods in your work together. You'll both benefit.I did enjoy this book, but realized that for me, reading straight through wasn't the best way. I looked at the index and chose topics that interested me and skimmed through others that were not in my interest box. All in all, a very interesting book.
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