How to be sad
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"In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. That is part of the human experience. Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be happier."Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute
"How to Be Sad is a poignant, funny, and deeply practical guide to better navigating one of our most misunderstood human emotions. It's a must-read for anyone looking to improve their happiness by befriending the full range of their own feelings." - Laurie Santos, Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast
An expert on the pursuit of happiness combines her powerful personal story with surprising research and expert advice to reveal the secret of finding joy: allowing sadness to enrich your life and relationships.
Helen Russell has researched sadness from the inside out for her entire life. Her earliest memory is of the day her sister died. Her parents divorced soon after, and her mother didnt receive the help she needed to grieve. Coping with her own emotional turmoilincluding struggles with body image and infertilityshes endured professional and personal setbacks as well as relationships that have imploded in truly spectacular ways. Even the things that brought her the greatest joylike eventually becoming a parentare fraught with challenges.
While devoting a career to writing books on happiness, Helen discovered just how many people are terrified of sadness. But the key to happiness is unhappinessby allowing ourselves to experience pain, we learn to truly appreciate and embrace joy. How to Be Sad is a memoir about living with sadness, as well as an upbeat manifesto for change that encourages us to accept and express our emotions, both good and bad. Interweaving Helens personal testimony with the latest research on sadnessfrom psychologists, geneticists, neuroscientists and historiansas well as the experiences of writers, comics, athletes and change-makers from around the world, this vital and inspiring guide explores why we get sad, what makes us feel this way, and how it can be a force for good.
Timely and essential, How to Be Sad is about how we can better look after ourselves and each other, simply by getting smarter about sadness.
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Taal: en
Uitvoering: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 december 2022
Aantal pagina's: 352
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Originele titel: How to be Sad: The Key to a Happier Life
Hoofdauteur: Helen Russell
Verteller: Helen Russell
Hoofduitgeverij: Fourth Estate Ltd
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Product breedte: 132 mm
Product hoogte: 25 mm
Product lengte: 201 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 132 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 201 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 249 g
EAN: 9780063115361