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

  2. 2.
    cultivate Optimism

  4. 4.
    commit acts of kindness

  5. 5.
    Nurture my relationships

  6. 6.
    develop strategies for coping

  7. 7.
    learn to forgive

  9. 9.
    savor life's joys

  10. 10.
    commit to my goals

  11. 11.
    practice my religion more

  12. 12.
    meditate

  13. 13.
    exercise

  14. 14.
    act like a happy person

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Created by Saafir on Jan 25, 2008.
 

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