The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life that You Want

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Sonja Lyubomirsky is a research psychologist and professor of psychology at the Univerisity of California, Riverside. Her excellent book "The How of Happiness" describes twelve interventions that have been shown to increase people’s happiness. Here they are.

  1. 1.
    Practice Gratitude

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  2. 2.
    cultivate Optimism

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  3. 4.
    commit acts of kindness

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  4. 5.
    Nurture my relationships

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  5. 6.
    develop strategies for coping

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  6. 7.
    learn to forgive

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  7. 9.
    savor life's joys

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  8. 10.
    commit to my goals

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  9. 11.
    practice my religion more

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  10. 12.
    meditate

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  11. 13.
    exercise

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  12. 14.
    act like a happy person

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Created by Saafir on Jan 25, 2008.
 

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