This Book Won't Make You Happy

Name: This Book Won't Make You Happy
ISBN: 9781506480411

by Niro Feliciano

Publisher

Broadleaf Books

Publication

Apr 05, 2022

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Price

27.99

Dimensions

5.75 x 8.75 in

ISBN

9781506480411

Pages

275

Age

Adult 18+

Rights Sold

LanguageEnglish AudioCountryWorldwideAgent-BuyerBlack Rose Writing

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Description

When people find out she is a therapist, Niro Feliciano knows she isn't going anywhere anytime soon. At soccer games, at cocktail parties, in waiting rooms, people corner her and ask: Why am I so stressed? Is the way I feel normal? Why can't I just be happy?

The truth is happiness is fleeting, and we are stressing ourselves out trying to achieve it. In This Book Won't Make You Happy, national media commentator and Psychology Today columnist Feliciano offers a path to something much more achievable and abundantly more satisfying: contentment.

By incorporating eight simple postures rooted in cognitive behavioral science and mindfulness practices into our daily routines, we can move away from anxiety and toward balance and calm. Acceptance, gratitude, connection, a present-focused perspective, intentionality and priority, self-compassion, resilience, and faith: through these practices we will overcome obstacles that hold us back from living full, meaningful, contented lives.

Anxiety, stress, and grief aren't going away anytime soon, and this book won't make you happy. But with wit and empathy, Feliciano leads you right past happy to calm. No matter how "happy" your life is--or isn't--you can reach a deeper, truer, and longer-lasting place of contentment.

Awards & Endorsements

Amy Julia Becker, speaker and award-winning author of many books, including To Be Made Well and A Good and Perfect Gift

"While this book might not make us happy, it does give us a path to what we need even more, contentment. Niro Feliciano writes with laugh-out-loud and relatable humor, honesty, intellect, and practical wisdom. She challenges our desire for a 'normal' life, and instead invites us to a life of health and wholeness. This book is a welcoming and timely guide to a life worth living."

Author(s)

Niro Feliciano

Niro Feliciano is a psychotherapist and an expert on anxiety, stress, and relationships. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University and is the author of This Book Won't Make You Happy and All Is Calmish. She is a frequent guest on the TODAY show and her column, "Is This Normal?" appears on Today.com. Her work has appeared in publications such as Real Simple, Oprah Daily, the New York Times, HuffPost, and Psychology Today. Feliciano is a first-generation Sri Lankan American and lives with her family in Fairfield County, Connecticut.