With practical advice and step-by-step exercises, learn how to use optimism to overcome setbacks and find inspiration and fulfilment in all areas of your life. With its foundations in the scientific principles of cognitive behaviour, this book suggests realistic ways for you to transform your life by opening your mind to a more positive attitude.
A Practical Guide to Achieving Happiness
Research has revealed that an optimistic approach to life leads to concrete mental, emotional, and physical results, including a longer lifespan, reduced stress, and a better chance of recovering from serious illness. Learn to Be an Optimist, the latest title in our popular mind, body, and spirit series, explores the benefits of a good attitude. Author Lucy MacDonald teaches readers to develop the confidence, resilience, and peace of mind that unlock this positive change. Packed with appealing illustrations and practical exercises, Learn to Be an Optimist examines the nature of optimism and its emotional and physical impact, and then helps readers to bring optimism into every aspect of life, from relationships and parenting to school and the workplace.
Do you want to stop thinking negatively? Are you looking for greater happiness and more confidence? Optimism is an attitude that sets us up for life success by helping us focus on what works and how we contribute to what works. Optimistic people have more fun, are healthier and achieve more of their potential. Optimistic thinking is a skill that anyone can learn. In this simple easy-to-use book, Lucy Macdonald will show you how to harness the power of optimism to help you create a more positive, upbeat attitude to life. The book contains 20 specially devised exercises that include simple practices such as journaling, visualisation, affirmations and simple physical exercises. With its foundations in scientific principals of cognitive behaviour, You Can Be An Optimist will show you how to: Boost your optimism Recognise and deal with problems as they arise Stop being negative and nurture a positive outlook Deal with stress and increase your motivation Be happier and more successful This book will help you to plug into the power of optimism, improve your health and create happiness for yourself and those around you.
Time—got any? The latest volume in our popular self-help series, Learn to Manage Your Time features sound advice for taking control of the calendar, all in an accessible, richly illustrated format. Stress management expert Lucy MacDonald makes planning, organization, and self-discipline possible for just about anyone with warm, encouraging text and simple step-by-step exercises. First she questions the emotions behind how we spend our time—or waste it—and why we feel as though we never have enough. The answers are surprising, and help is at hand. Readers will tackle tough problems head on, whether it's taking control of email and paperwork, or mastering the all-important skill of just saying "no." Innovative suggestions to fight procrastination, "hurry sickness," and perfectionism get to the heart of why we don't have as much time as we'd like. Sections focused on parenting, the office, and unstructured time offer customized solutions. Packed with smart tips that can be put to immediate use, Learn to Manage Your Time is a time management tool that really works.