The Laughing Guide to Well-Being: Using Humor and Science to Become Happier and Healthier

Author: Prilleltensky, Isaac

Brand: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 168

Release Date: 14-04-2016

Details: Product Description Do you experience stress? Are you interested in better health and well-being? Do you pursue happiness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to read this book. If you answered no, you’re in denial. All of us can use a little help to become happier or healthier. Unfortunately, the help we get is often too scary: “if you don’t do this or that, some catastrophic event of epic proportions will happen.” Prilleltensky’s approach, in contrast, is to help you become healthier and happier through laughter. In this hilarious book, Prilleltensky combines humor with science to help you improve your well-being. Each chapter consists of the Laughing Side, a series of funny stories; and the Learning Side, a research-based, user-friendly guide to health and happiness. The first chapter provides an overview of well-being, while subsequent chapters cover each of its six domains: Interpersonal, Community, Occupational, Physical, Psychological, and Economic (I COPPE). When you finish the book you’ll have a greater understanding of your life, and ways to make it better. Review This book is hilarious. It is so funny that you will be tempted to race through abstract advice about well-being and happiness to get to the next funny story and have another belly laugh. Do not race. You will miss the wisdom for the wit. -- Martin E. P. Seligman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Author of Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being Prilleltensky provides a lot of humor, clear practical examples, illustrations, and advice that relays uncomplicated, accessible, and relevant content to be used easily in everyday-life to improve the quality of life. , Global Education Review This book is hilarious. It is so funny that you will be tempted to race through abstract advice about well-being and happiness to get to the next funny story and have another belly laugh. Do not race. You will miss the wisdom for the wit. -- Martin E. P. Seligman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Author of Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being This is a disarmingly clever and humorous book that offers a rich array of wise advice on how to live a happier, healthier, more meaningful life in a topical and relevant way that makes you want more and more! The best part? The author shares many personal amusing stories from his own fascinating life! A brilliant and useful tool for everyone! -- S. Leonard Syme, Professor Emeritus, University of California Berkeley, Co-Editor of Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research This book is extremely funny and informative at the same time. If you want to improve your well-being while laughing out loud, read this book. Prilleltensky shows that you can do both! -- Talma Lobel, Professor, Tel Aviv University, Author of Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence If you are suffering from ennui or boredom, or just looking to enrich your everyday life, you will find this book to be hysterically funny, inspirational, and educational. The authenticity and humanity of the author, Isaac Prilleltensky, permeates every passage so deeply that you will feel that you have found a great friend and mentor. -- Geoff Nelson, Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Co-editor of Community Psychology and Community Mental Health In The Laughing Guide to Well-Being: Using Humor and Science to Become Happier and Healthier, Dr. Prilleltensky, a respected authority in the area of well-being, reminds us that humor is a key factor in coping with life stressors and being resilient in work and life. Drawing upon psychological insights, the scientific literature, and common life experiences this book provides an important contribution to positive psychology in general and our understanding of happiness in particular. In each chapter, Dr. Prilleltensky uses a strengths-based orientation to provide both chuckles and chun

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Languages: English