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    The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness
    The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness
    The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness
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    The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness

    By Javy W. Galindo

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    Happiness is a choice. But for many, choosing happiness can be difficult. Today, start on your path to 'choosing happiness' with any of the over 30 easy-to-follow exercises found in “The Happiness Habit.” Based on the latest research into the psychology of happiness and full of over 60 insightful, inspirational happiness quotes, “The Happiness Habit” is a workbook companion to Professor Javy Galindo’s bestselling book “Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails.”

    In “Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails” Professor Galindo outlined four simple choices that can dramatically improve our experience of a happy life. In “The Happiness Habit” he shares the daily practices that we can start using today to psychologically train our brain to make those choices. Just as we can do a physical workout to improve our physical fitness, we now have a book full of the following scientifically-based exercises we can use to create a happiness workout to improve our emotional fitness:

    Choice #1: Learning to Live Easy
    --Sitting in Silence
    --Mindful Activity
    --The OK Mantra
    --Resiliency
    --Self-Forgiveness
    --Forgiving Others
    --Easing Up Your Load

    Choice #2: Learning to Live Light
    --Delayed Gratification
    --Enjoying Pleasure
    --Acknowledging Your Blessings
    --Appreciating Blessings in Disguise
    --Ritualizing Your Endings
    --Expressing Your Gratitude for Others
    --Savoring Ordinary Experiences
    --Real Optimism
    --Experiencing Awe
    --Laughing
    --Exercising Your Sense of Humor

    Choice #3: Learning to Live Smooth
    --Doing What You Enjoy
    --Being Playful
    --Decreasing Your Difficulties
    --Authentic Living
    --Clarity of Intent

    Choice #4: Learning to Live Meaningfully
    --Taking Emotional Risks
    --Mastery
    --Appreciating Progress
    --Altruism
    --Finding & Following Your Bliss
    --Living a Life Full of Meaning
    --Strengthening Social Bonds
    --Compassion

    Take your first steps to a happier life today by purchasing your copy of “The Happiness Habit”.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEnlightened Hyena Press
    Release dateOct 5, 2015
    ISBN9780984223992
    The Happiness Habit: 30 Daily Practices for Choosing Authentic Happiness
    Author

    Javy W. Galindo

    Javy Wong Galindo, M.A., M.Eng., is a college professor of philosophy, humanities, and psychology in Northern California. He has been a popular instructor at Heald College, John F. Kennedy University, and De Anza College, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Javy is also a proud member of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, and the Western Positive Psychology Association. This former electrical engineer and performing arts instructor is now most well known for his engaging college courses and public talks, his enthusiastic teaching style, and his ability to convey complex ideas in personally meaningful, simple terms. These characteristics are reflected in his two books: "The Power of Thinking Differently" and "Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails".More information can be found at www.JavyGalindo.com.

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      The Happiness Habit - Javy W. Galindo

      About This Book

      The only joy in the world is to begin.

      – Cesare Pavese

      I have been very blessed that my book, Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails, has been so well received, and even more blessed by all those who have helped in the process of writing it.

      This inexpensive workbook is my way of passing those blessings forward.

      You have here a collection of the happiness exercises I assign to my graduate students. They are meant as a way to embody the ideas we discuss conceptually in class – ideas that I explore more fully in Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails. In fact, the book you are reading now can be seen as a workbook for Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails.

      However, neither attending my course nor reading my earlier work is necessary for using these exercises. Throughout, I provide a brief explanation of the philosophy and theory behind each. At the beginning of each major group of exercises, I even share excerpts from Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails to help contextualize the exercises that follow.

      But for the most part, in writing this inexpensive book my philosophy has been less is more.

      Less reading on your part, so that you can participate in more doing.

      If you are in need of further clarification, please feel free to visit www.PicklesAndDoughnuts.com. I’ll do my best to post videos and answer questions for those that need more information than is provided here. I’ve also added links in this ebook for additional information about some of the people who I have quoted and referenced throughout the book. (As of the first distribution of this ebook, I am still in the process of adding all of that content onto my site.)

      I hope you find the material here useful, and wish you well as you begin taking a single step at a time towards making happiness a habit.

      Sincerely,

      Javy W. Galindo

      www.JavyGalindo.com

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      A free pdf version of The Happiness Habit is available on www.picklesanddoughnuts.com.

      If you find any part of this book useful, I encourage you to share its excerpts with whomever you wish. You can print out the pdf version, email it, post excerpts of it on your blog, make copies for your friends or groups that you belong to (or teach) as long as you do the following:

      1. Cite the source: www.JavyGalindo.com.

      2. Do not modify the book or file when distributing.

      3. Do not use the book or file commercially.

      Copyright © 2015 by Javy W. Galindo

      This book is published by Enlightened Hyena Press.

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      Introduction

      Learning to Live Easy

      --Sitting in Silence

      --Mindful Activity

      --The OK Mantra

      --Resiliency

      --Self-Forgiveness

      --Forgiving Others

      --Easing Up Your Load

      Learning to Live Light

      --Delayed Gratification

      --Enjoying Pleasure

      --Acknowledging Your Blessings

      --Appreciating Blessings in Disguise

      --Ritualizing Your Endings

      --Expressing Your Gratitude for Others

      --Savoring Ordinary Experiences

      --Real Optimism

      --Experiencing Awe

      --Laughing

      --Exercising Your Sense of Humor

      Learning to Live Smooth

      --Doing What You Enjoy

      --Being Playful

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