Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
What makes us authentically happy? It's not wealth, youth, beauty, or awards. Buettner identifies the happiest regions on different continents and explores why their populations report being happier than others.
2) The hacking of the American mind: the science behind the corporate takeover of our bodies and brains
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Formats
Description
While researching the toxic and addictive properties of sugar for his New York Times bestseller Fat Chance, Robert Lustig made an alarming discovery?our pursuit of happiness is being subverted by a culture of addiction and depression from which we may never recover. Dopamine is the “reward” neurotransmitter that tells our brains we want more; yet every substance or behavior that releases dopamine in the extreme leads to addiction. Serotonin is...
Author
Publisher
Diamante
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"¿Cuál es el mayor deseo que tenemos para nuestros seres amados y para nosotros mismos? ¿Dinero?, ¿educación?, ¿amor?, ¿fama?, ¿salud? ¿Y de qué sirve todo eso si no somos felices? Este libro contiene 25 lecciones de vida surgidas de emotivas anécdotas personales que llevaron al autor a reflexionar sobre cómo alcanzar la felicidad diaria. La lectura de estos temas nos hará enfocarnos en lo que realmente importa, y elevará nuestra capacidad...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xvi, 232 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Drawing on what hard science says about the factors that breed happiness in childhood and beyond, here are 10 simple principles for fostering the skills and habits that will set the stage for optimism, emotional health, and confidence for kids.
6) From strength to strength: finding success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
ix, 221 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude...
Author
Description
Harris and Warren present a practical guide to meditation that debunks the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that make many people reluctant to try it. They suggest a range of meditation practices that may lower your blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of your brain.
Author
Publisher
Asymmetrical Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 21 cm
Description
What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore. Blindsided by the loss of his mother and his marriage in the same month, Millburn started questioning every aspect of the life he had built for himself. Then, he accidentally discovered a lifestyle known as minimalism and everything started...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams explore through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. Drawing on decades of work that has helped expand our understanding of what it means to be human and what we all need to do to help build a better world, the book touches on vital questions, including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope...
13) Inside out
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions ; Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life.
Author
Formats
Description
"In 2015, when the award-winning journalist John Leland set out on behalf of The New York Times to meet members of Americas fastest-growing age group, he anticipated learning of challenges, of loneliness, and of the deterioration of body, mind, and quality of life. But the elders he met took him in an entirely different direction. Despite disparate backgrounds and circumstances, they each lived with a surprising lightness and contentment. The reality...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 258 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Most of us have had this experience: browsing through countless options on Netflix, unable to commit to watching any given movie--and losing so much time skimming reviews and considering trailers that it's too late to watch anything at all. In a book borne of an idea first articulated in a viral commencement address, Pete Davis argues that this is the defining characteristic of the moment: keeping our options open. We are stuck in 'Infinite Browsing...
17) El billonario y el monje: una historia sencilla sobe como encontrar una felicidad extraordinaria
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 97 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Shows how two men from different walks of life learn that neither robes of honor nor the total renunciation of worldly life is required to enjoy the most fundamental human desire--happiness.
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xv, 285 pages : illustrations, charts, forms ; 22 cm
Description
"Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a financial planner, says yes and explains exactly how. Jonathan DeYoe shows how money drives so many of our decisions. But while we worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it, few of us face it head on. The whole point of Buddhism, he says, is "to deal with what is, to look it straight in the eye," and in the context of finances, this means...
Author
Publisher
Amy Einhorn Books/G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
343 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In this poignant, wise, and often funny memoir, Munson recounts a period of months in which her faith in herself--and her marriage--was put to the test and when she realized that ultimately happiness is completely within her own control.
Author
Series
Taller de emociones presenta volume 6
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
34 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 23 cm.
Description
Florestán the seagull summons Alexia, Tasi, and their dog Rocky in their dreams to the local indoor market, where the vendors are preparing a feast of happiness, and separates them so they can find different ways of being happy.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Let us know! Suggest a Title