You Can Be Happy No Matter What: Five Principles for Keeping Life in Perspective

In this practical, easy-to-follow guide, Carlson tells listeners how to be happy "now" before they solve all of their problems. By understanding five fundamental principles--Thought, Mood, Separate Realities, Feelings, and the Present Moment. Under Carlson's guidance, they'll learn to accept their own unique ways of thinking and use their emotions as a biofeedback mechanism to stay in touch with the causes of unhappiness.

"A most important book that shows us in practical terms how to remove the blocks to the awareness of our natural state, happiness."
-- Gerald G. Jampolsky, MD, author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear

"A needed counterbalance to the therapy junkie's tendency to wallow in `processing' while life's beauty passes them by."
-- Yoga Journal

"You will find Dr. Carlson's new approach very helpful -- solid, sensible, and filled with loving guidance."
-- Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of Your Erroneous Zones

"You Can Be Happy No Matter What will appeal to those caught in the tangles of outmoded thinking. It speaks simply to us in a way that's most fitting when we want to move out of dysfunctions into robust, effective living."
-- Marsha Sinetar, author of Developing a 21st-Century Mind

"A profoundly simple, hopeful, and human book about what's available to us all -- happiness."
-- Joseph Bailey, author of The Serenity Principle