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050	0	0	_aBF 575.H27 _b. L98 2007
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100	1		_aLyubomirsky, Sonja. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe how of happiness : _ba practical guide to getting the life you want / _cby, Sonja Lyubomirsky.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2007.
300			_aix, 373 p, : _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-357) and index.
505	0		_aI. How to attain real and lasting happiness. Is it possible to become happier -- How happy are you and why? -- How to find happiness activities that fit your interests, your values, and your needs -- II. Happiness activities. Practicing gratitude and positive thinking -- Investing in social connections -- Managing stress, hardship, trauma -- Living in the present -- Committing to your goals -- Taking care of your body and soul -- III. Secrets to abiding happiness. The five hows behind sustainable happiness: positive emotion, optimal thinking and variety, social support, motivation, effort, and commitment, habit -- The promise of abiding happiness -- If you are depressed: What is depression? -- The causes of depression -- The most effective treatments for depression -- The cure for unhappiness is happiness -- Surmounting setbacks.
520			_aDrawing on her own research with thousands of people, psychologist Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives--in the short and long term. This book that offers a guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision. Using more than a dozen happiness-increasing strategies, it offers a new way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. Lyubomirsky's "happiness strategies" introduce readers to the concept of intentional activities that they can use to achieve a happier life, including exercises in optimism and how best to savor life's pleasures in the here and now. She also helps readers understand the obstacles to happiness as well as how to harness individual strengths to overcome them.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aHappiness.
650		2	_aSelf-actualization (Psychology)
650		2	_aAttitude (Psychology)
650		2	_aPsychology
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip081/2007039942.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007039942-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007039942-b.html
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