The Pleasure Zone: Why We Resist Good Feelings & How to Let Go and Be Happy - Hardcover

Stella Resnick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1567315518 ISBN 13: 9781567315516

Publisher: MJF Books, 2003

Synopsis

There is an enormous untapped potential for pleasure in every one of us that has yet to be fully explored. So says psychologist Stella Resnick who, for more that twenty years, has been helping people stop focusing on what's wrong in their lives and begin noticing what's right. Stella Resnick recognises that people often have a fixed ceiling on how much pleasure they think they can tolerate. In this ground-breaking work she clears these boundaries of pleasure by linking optimism, physical health, emotional fulfilment in love, deeply gratifying sex and positive ageing to our ability to enjoy eight core pleasures which she identifies. Complete with inspiring stories of people who have learnt to reclaim pleasures they have cut themselves off from, each chapter concludes with a set of simple personal experiments designed to aid readers in gaining skill at enjoying that pleasure more completely.

About this title

About the Author:

Stella Resnick is a psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles. An active member of the American Psychological Association, she has written widely for journals and magazines.

From Library Journal:

Our happiness, or the lack of it, is a ubiquitous concern?even the Declaration of Independence talks about it?and books on attaining that goal are likely to appeal to a number of readers. This work is no exception. Resnick writes in an appealing manner about how to enjoy nine core pleasures (primal, pain, relief, play, mental, emotional, sensual, sexual, and spiritual). The easy-to-read chapters are followed by specific exercises to help readers gain skills in various areas. Although many of Resnick's ideas seem obvious, many others are worthy of reflection and action. This is a solid choice for those relatively new to the self-help genre dealing with the normal angst of everyday life. Recommended for most public libraries.?January Adams, Franklin Twp. P.L., N.J.
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About this edition

• Publisher: MJF Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1567315518
• ISBN 13: 9781567315516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 297