The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness

by Javy W. Galindo

Overview

Happiness is a choice. But for many, choosing happiness can be difficult. Today, start on your path to 'choosing happiness' with any of the over 30 easy-to-follow exercises found in “The Happiness Habit.” Based on the latest research into the psychology of happiness and full of over 60 insightful, inspirational happiness quotes, “The Happiness Habit” is a workbook companion to Professor Javy Galindo’s bestselling book “Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails.”

In “Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails” Professor Galindo outlined four simple choices that can dramatically improve our experience of a happy life. In “The Happiness Habit” he shares the daily practices that we can start using today to psychologically train our brain to make those choices. Just as we can do a physical workout to improve our physical fitness, we now have a book full of the following scientifically-based exercises we can use to create a happiness workout to improve our emotional fitness:

Choice #1: Learning to Live Easy
--Sitting in Silence
--Mindful Activity
--The OK Mantra
--Resiliency
--Self-Forgiveness
--Forgiving Others
--Easing Up Your Load

Choice #2: Learning to Live Light
--Delayed Gratification
--Enjoying Pleasure
--Acknowledging Your Blessings
--Appreciating Blessings in Disguise
--Ritualizing Your Endings
--Expressing Your Gratitude for Others
--Savoring Ordinary Experiences
--Real Optimism
--Experiencing Awe
--Laughing
--Exercising Your Sense of Humor

Choice #3: Learning to Live Smooth
--Doing What You Enjoy
--Being Playful
--Decreasing Your Difficulties
--Authentic Living
--Clarity of Intent

Choice #4: Learning to Live Meaningfully
--Taking Emotional Risks
--Mastery
--Appreciating Progress
--Altruism
--Finding & Following Your Bliss
--Living a Life Full of Meaning
--Strengthening Social Bonds
--Compassion

Take your first steps to a happier life today by purchasing your copy of “The Happiness Habit”.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940152375169
Publisher:	Enlightened Hyena Press
Publication date:	10/05/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	250 KB

About the Author

Javy Wong Galindo, M.A., M.Eng., is a college professor of philosophy, humanities, and psychology in Northern California. He has been a popular instructor at Heald College, John F. Kennedy University, and De Anza College, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Javy is also a proud member of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and the Western Positive Psychology Association. This former electrical engineer and performing arts instructor is now most well known for his engaging college courses and public talks, his enthusiastic teaching style, and his ability to convey complex ideas in personally meaningful, simple terms. These characteristics are reflected in his two books: "The Power of Thinking Differently" and "Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails".

More information can be found at www.JavyGalindo.com.