Happier, No Matter What

Happier No Matter What - Cultivating Hope, Resilience, & Purpose in Hard Times

Author: Tal Ben-Shahar, PhD, New York Times - bestselling author

Description:

Stop chasing happiness! Instead, climb the SPIRE to whole-person well-being and invite happiness in. Even when everything is going wrong, the science of happiness can help you!

Pioneering positive psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar shows us how in Happier No Matter What. Ben-Shahar busts the all-too-common ideas that success brings happiness and that we can attain happiness by pursuing it directly. Especially in hard times, these ideas actually invite loneliness and helplessness. But we can help ourselves: We can climb the SPIRE - Ben-Shahar's five-step staircase to hope and purpose.

1. Spiritual: Cultivate meaning and mindfulness.

2. Physical: Engage in exercise and recovery.

3. Intellectual: Ask questions and keep learning.

4. Relational: Prioritize friends and family.

5. Emotional: Appreciate joy and sorrow.

By truly living these five elements of well-being, we can build resilience in the face of adversity - from personal hardship to a global pandemic. The all-new SPIRE method is a psychological vaccine that will fortify us against life's challenges - and help us emerge Happier, No Matter What.