Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day

Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day

by Edward Hoffman
Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day

Paths to Happiness: 50 Ways to Add Joy to Your Life Every Day

by Edward Hoffman

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Overview

A psychologist offers fifty science-backed ideas, activities, and adventures for cultivating a happier mindset.

From positive psychology expert Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., Paths to Happiness guides you through fifty 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 book 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 can be revisited again and again.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781452149318
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication date: 10/12/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and adjunct associate professor at Yeshiva University. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Acting Improv 10

Adventure Sports 15

Art Appreciation 20

Authenticity 24

Awe 28

Birding 32

Community Singing 36

Cooking and Baking 41

Creativity 45

Curiosity 50

Dancing 54

Doing Art 58

Dreams 62

Empathy 66

Explanatory Style 70

Expressive Writing 74

Flow 78

Forgiveness 82

Friendship 86

Gardening 90

Genealogy 94

Gratitude 98

Humor and Laughter 102

Kindness 106

Knitting 110

Learning a Foreign Language 114

Life Metaphors 118

Mentoring 122

Mindfulness 126

Moral Elation 130

Nostalgia 134

Overcoming Regrets 138

Peak Experiences 142

Pets 146

Photography 150

Poetry 155

Power Napping 159

Prayer 163

Restorative Nature 168

Savoring 172

Self-Compassion 176

Self-Disclosure 180

Sense of Wonder 184

Tai Chi 188

Tears of Joy 193

Time Affluence 197

Travel 201

Volunteering 206

Wisdom 211

Zen Meditation 216

References 220

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