Be Happy!: Release the Power of Happiness in YOU

by Robert Holden Ph.D., Louise L. Hay (Foreword by)

Overview

Best-selling author of Happiness Now!

"Happiness is a spiritual path. The more you learn about true happiness, the more you discover the truth of who you are, what is important, and what your life is for."

Be Happy! is the follow-up to Robert Holden’s best-selling Happiness NOW! In this book, Robert gives you a front-row seat on his 8-week happiness program—famously tested by independent scientists for the BBC-TV documentary called How to Be Happy.

Step-by-step he introduces you to a set of proven techniques, principles, meditations, and insights that will help you be happy now! Key lessons include:
Follow Your Joy — stop chasing happiness and start enjoying your life as it happens.
The Happiness Contract — undo mental and emotional blocks to happiness and success.
The Receiving Meditation — increase your natural capacity for happiness and abundance.
The Forgiveness Practice — give up all hopes for a better past and be happy now.
The Gift of Happiness — use the power of happiness to bless your life and benefit others.

"This happiness training not only changes the way you feel; it actually changes the way your brain functions."— Professor Davidson, Wisconsin-Madison UniversityBBC’s How to Be Happy TV documentary

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401925031
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2009
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	801 KB

About the Author

Robert Holden, Ph.D.’s innovative work on psychology and spirituality has been featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, and the PBS special Shift Happens! and in two major BBC-TV documentaries, The Happiness Formula and How to Be Happy. Robert leads Living Your Purpose retreats to Assisi. He hosts a Hero’s Journey Mastermind. He has taught workshops on Purpose & the Enneagram in London, Findhorn, and Italy. His article for Oprah.com, “Discover Your Purpose,” is a people’s favorite.Robert’s services as a consultant and coach are employed worldwide by organizations and brands such as Dove & the Real Beauty Campaign, the Body Shop, IBM, Google, and Virgin. In the last two years, he has worked with Unilever on a BRAND PURPOSE mission for all of its 400 brands.Robert has presented two TEDx talks on Destination Addiction and The Tea Meditation. He has given over 100 keynotes to industry and 50 keynote talks for I CAN DO IT! conferences worldwide. Robert is a best-selling author of 10 books, including Happiness NOW!, Authentic Success (formerly titled Success Intelligence), Shift Happens!, Loveability, Holy Shift!, Life Loves You (co-written with Louise Hay), and Finding Love Everywhere. www.robertholden.com

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Prologue xi

Part 1 Hello Happiness

Chapter 1 The Happiness Genie 3

Chapter 2 Talking about Happiness 11

Chapter 3 Defining True Happiness 19

Chapter 4 A New Learning Curve 29

Part II Your Spiritual Dna

Chapter 5 A Spiritual Path 41

Chapter 6 A Tale of Two Selves 51

Chapter 7 Fear of Unhappiness 61

Chapter 8 Follow Your Joy 73

Part III The Unholy Trinity

Chapter 9 Choosing Happiness 85

Chapter 10 The Happiness Contract 95

Chapter 11 Fear of Happiness 105

Chapter 12 One Hundred Gratitudes 113

Part IV Everyday Abundance

Chapter 13 The Daily Unconscious 125

Chapter 14 Ready, Steady, NOW 133

Chapter 15 The Real More 143

Chapter 16 The Receiving Meditation 153

Part V Love and Happiness

Chapter 17 The Family Story 165

Chapter 18 The Relationship Questionnaire 175

Chapter 19 Making the Connection 183

Chapter 20 The Joy of Forgiveness 193

Part VI Finding The Present

Chapter 21 The Open Road 205

Chapter 22 The Beautiful Ordinary 217

Chapter 23 The Last Resistance 229

Chapter 24 The Gift of Happiness 241

Index 255

Acknowledgments 263

Endnotes 265

Appendix A 279

Appendix B 281

Appendix C 283

About the Author 285

Editorial Reviews

"This happiness training not only changes the way you feel; it actually changes the way your brain functions."
— Professor Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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