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What Happy People Know

How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better

Cameron Stauth 

(Author)

Dan Baker 

(Author)
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Description

How to live a happy life--made so simple and doable that you believe it's actually achievable.

Dr. Dan Baker, director of the Life Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch, has devoted his life to teaching people how to be happy. And apparently, most of us could use a little tutoring. Research has shown that the root of unhappiness--fear--lies in the oldest, reptilian part of our brains, and negative reactions are often dictated by primal instincts. We're literally "hardwired for hard times." In What Happy People Know, Dr. Baker uses evidence from the new science of happiness to show us how we can overcome this genetic predisposition toward negative reactions and lead a truly rich, happy, and healthy life.

In this book, Dr. Baker shares the program that has revolutionized the lives of countless unhappy people, VIP's and regular Joes and Janes alike. First, you'll learn the only two issues that ever cause unhappiness and devise your plan to overcome both of them. Then, Dr. Baker teaches you how to spot the happiness traps, the five doomed ways we try to make ourselves happy, only to dig ourselves further into misery. Finally, he shares his happiness tools, the six simple skills that, when practiced consistently, will inevitably lead to greater optimism, courage, good humor, and fulfillment--in short, to happiness.

Product Details

PublisherSt. Martin's Griffin
Publish DateJanuary 19, 2004
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780312321598
Dimensions233.7 X 6.1 X 17.8 mm | 0.7 pounds
BISAC Categories: Self-Help

About the Author

Dan Baker, Ph.D., was one of the original developers of Canyon Ranch and has been director of the award-winning Life Enhancement Program there for 15 years. He is the author of books including What Happy People Know and What Happy Women Know.

CAMERON STAUTH is author or coauthor of more than twenty books. He has been editor of The Journal of Health Science; editor-in-chief of The Journal of the Nutritional Academy; a columnist for Natural Health, American Film, L.A. Business, and California Business; and his articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, People, The Saturday Evening Post, Prevention, Good Housekeeping, among others. He is the author of In the Name of God. He lives in Portland, Oregon and Sun Valley, Idaho.

Reviews

“Baker's advice is sound and his presentation engaging.” —Publishers Weekly

“This wonderfully helpful book is sure to increase the number of happy people with its wisdom.” —Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

“Everyone wants to be happy. So much suffering and illness occur when we look for happiness in the wrong places. In What Happy People Know, Dan Baker distills the best of science and spirituality, sharing with deep and profound wisdom how we can learn to be happy and let go of suffering. Highly recommended.” —Dean Ornish, M.D., founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco; ad author of Love and Survival and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

“Dr. Dan Baker has created a book that we all have been waiting for. It is a significant, practical, insightful, easy-to-read book filled with nuggets that lead us to the road of happiness.” —Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., author of Love is Letting Go of Fear

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