The Happy Map Your Roadmap to The Habit of Happiness - Softcover

Hilary Stokes PhD; Kim Ward PhD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 099054771X ISBN 13: 9780990547716

Publisher: Bonsai Press Publshing, 2014

Synopsis

Everyone wants to be happy. In fact, most everything we do is because we believe on some level it will make us happy. Why then do over 70% of people report living in a state of chronic stress, contributing to 80 to 90% of doctor visits? And why is it easier to worry or ruminate about stressful issues, than it is to focus on feeling happy and peaceful?

We have been led to believe that when we are unhappy or stressed, all we need to do is change the way that we think and we will be happier. For many years, Drs. Hilary Stokes and Kim Ward believed and practiced the same. They were part of the positive thinking movement until they realized this led to a cycle of diminishing returns. They had diligently applied this strategy to their own issues; Hilary had been diagnosed with PTSD at 18 years old, while Kim experienced the disempowering frustration of feeling purposeless. Over time they discovered positive thinking alone is not a complete formula for lasting happiness. This discovery sent Drs. Hilary and Kim on a happiness quest. The Happy Map is a result of two decades of researching and applying the best of conventional and unconventional strategies for happiness.

Through their research, Hilary and Kim discovered that the conventional approaches they'd been taught to practice were missing some significant elements. Amongst these were; the executive power of emotions, the fact that stress hormones take priority over happy hormones, your mind-body connection is more powerful than your thoughts alone and focusing on your strengths is more effective than analyzing your weaknesses.

In the Happy Map, Hilary and Kim take you on a step by step journey to developing the habit of happiness. In this practical roadmap you will tap into your innate ability to be happy and to change the pathways in your brain associated with stress and rewire them for happiness

About this edition

• Publisher: Bonsai Press Publshing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 099054771X
• ISBN 13: 9780990547716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 323