A Happier You: A Seven-Week Program to Transform Negative Thinking into Positivity and Resilience

by Scott Glassman PsyD

Overview

Based on author Scott Glassman’s A Happier You® wellness program, this uplifting guide offers seven skills in seven weeks to supercharge your positivity and short-circuit the cycle of negative thinking.

Are you a ‘glass-half-full’ or a ‘glass-half-empty’ type of person? Or is the glass shattered in a million pieces? If you find yourself always focusing on the negative rather than the good things in life, you might be experiencing the ‘negativity effect.’ It can infect every aspect of your life, and manifest in any number of mental and emotional challenges—including depression, anxiety, burnout, and broken relationships. So, how do tap into your capacity for positivity and start building a better view of the world?

This uplifting guide offers a unique seven-week positive psychology program for developing the habits you need to turn the ‘negativity effect’ into a ‘positivity reflex.’ Based on the author’s A Happier You® wellness program, the tools and techniques in this book can be incorporated into your daily routine to kick-start your positivity engine, boost your resilience in stressful situations, and look at life through a new, more optimistic lens.

If you’re ready to look on the bright side, this book will show you how to look inside to find the light of optimism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684037858
Publisher:	New Harbinger Publications
Publication date:	11/01/2021
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	602,524
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Scott Glassman, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist, and clinical associate professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Glassman’s program, A Happier You®, was featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and CBS News through national syndication. He has appeared on SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio to discuss his work on happiness. Additionally, Glassman is a contributing psychology and health writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer and www.philly.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction 1

Week 1 The Meadow and the Stream 15

Catching Positive Events

Week 2 Climbing Mountains 49

Exploring Successes and Personal Strengths

Week 3 The Full Heart 77

Cultivating Gratitude

Week 4 The Lightness of Being 109

Finding Laughter and Playfulness

Week 5 The Engine 133

Fueling Life with Enjoyable and Meaningful Activities

Week 6 A Gentle Smile 157

Revealing the Springs of Kindness

Week 7 The Embrace 177

Expanding the Boundaries of Love

References 199

Interviews

Glassman resides in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Editorial Reviews

In these crazy times, we all need more resilience, and we all need ways to access the peace and joy that is always within our grasp—regardless of outer circumstances. Scott Glassman’s systematic, evidence-based, and eminently practical program is a veritable toolbox for building a solid life structure in which happiness can flourish, whether the road at the moment is smooth or bumpy.”
—Philip Goldberg, public speaker; podcast host; and author of numerous books, including American Veda and Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times

Philip Goldberg

As opposed to a one-size-fits-all strategy, Glassman provides a multidimensional approach to happiness using gratitude, strengths, humor, kindness, and love to shift your mindset to positive. A Happier You offers practical ways to improve multiple domains of your well-being and the lives of people around you, which is both timely and vital.”
—Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of Big Potential

Shawn Achor

In A Happier You, Scott Glassman teaches you how to skillfully focus on the joyful and meaningful moments that are hiding in plain sight—and how to find the happiness strategies that best fit you.”
—Nataly Kogan, author of Happier Now, and founder of Happier, Inc.

Nataly Kogan

We are living in a time of great uncertainty, environmental crisis, and dramatically increased stress. The ocean of our collective minds is in turmoil. In this book, Glassman provides a lighthouse for us; a place of sanctuary, where we can swim out of the rough sea and find a place of humor, joy, and playfulness. A place where we can find our true nature once again.”
—Craig Foster, naturalist/filmmaker, producer of the Oscar-winning My Octopus Teacher, coauthor of Underwater Wild, and cofounder of the Seachange project

Craig Foster

Glassman’s program gives us a clear pathway to seeing the good in ourselves, in others, and in the world around us. All of us could benefit from reading this book. It is truly transformative!”
—Hal Elrod, international keynote speaker, and best-selling author of The Miracle Morning and The Miracle Equation

Hal Elrod

This wonderful book shows you how to use practical daily exercises based on the science of positive psychology to enrich your life.”
—Alan Carr, PhD, professor of clinical psychology at University College Dublin, and author of Positive Psychology and You

Alan Carr

Open, accessible, and filled with meaningful exercises to help the reader discover a reliable path toward the positive in life, A Happier You skillfully delivers on what it promises.”
—Zindel Segal, PhD, coauthor of The Mindful Way through Depression

Zindel Segal

These wise and compassionate trainings teach us how to access our inner strength, creativity, and love—awakening the deep and lasting well-being we most long for.”
—Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

Tara Brach