Choosing Happiness: Short Answers to the Big Questions - Softcover

Stephanie Dowrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846040329 ISBN 13: 9781846040320

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2006

Synopsis

A celebration and summation of Stephanie Dowrick's life's work, "Choosing Happiness" is a modern day bible of philosophical and psychological thought. Focusing on strengths and opportunities, not problems, it tells you what you need to know to enjoy your life.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephanie Dowrick is the author of a number of life-changing bestsellers, including Intimacy and Solitude, Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love, and The Universal Heart. She has been a columnist for Good Weekend magazine since 2001 and is a regular guest on ABC Radio. She gives public talks and conducts retreats and workshops on a variety of spiritual, psychological and ethical issues while continuing to write. Born in New Zealand, she lived in London for many years where in 1987 she founded The Women's Press publishing house. She has lived in Sydney since 1983 and is the mother of two teenagers.

From Publishers Weekly:

In the latest from inspirational author Dowrick (Forgiveness and Other Acts of Love), she explores the seven "essentials" that can provide contentment in a world that values material success over internal fulfillment. The problem, Dowrick writes, is that people have lost track of what is genuinely rewarding: "to be kind, to live enthusiastically and creatively, to appreciate and understand experiences different from our own, and to sustain a sense of inner stability and trust even in unwelcome and difficult situations." Each chapter includes a series of mental exercises, self-examinations and meditations to explore and illuminate, in manageable steps, seven broad life skills which can seem overwhelming: "Trust who you are"; "Let your values and goals work for you"; "Choose your attitudes and responses; "Build self-respect"; "Consider others"; "Honor the people you love"; and "Think and act positively." Collaborator Greer interjects a series of questions based in concrete problems-balancing family and work, coping with guilt, forgiving oneself and others-that keep the proceedings grounded. Part self-affirmation series, part cognitive psychology and part meditation on the power of generosity, this is a thoughtful and sincere guide for those seeking to find happiness within.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846040329
• ISBN 13: 9781846040320
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416