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Why Passion Is So Critically Important to Happiness.

By Gretchen Rubin — 2007

I’ve become convinced that one of the greatest supports to a person’s happiness is passion—whether for musical theater, video games, constitutional history, camping, stamps, shoe-shopping, teaching English as a second language, or whatever.

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Taming Your Outer Child: Overcoming Self-Sabotage and Healing from Abandonment

Chances are, you’ve already had run-ins with your Outer Child—the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life.

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Susan Anderson
2015
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Project Happiness

Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary young people lead us on an extraordinary journey to explore the nature of lasting happiness and end up starting a movement.

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2011
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Hector and the Search for Happiness

A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.

Movie
2014
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Happiness For Dummies

Now, you can find the happiness you want and live “the good life” you deserve by applying the helpful information in Happiness For Dummies, the ultimate guide to achieving bliss! You’ll discover proven techniques for living a meaningful, healthy, and productive life no matter what your life...

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W. Doyle Gentry
2008
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The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author, a Walmart executive, a father, a husband.

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Neil Pasricha
2016
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Happiness Workbook: A CBT-Based Guide to Foster Positivity and Embrace Joy

Discover how you can feel happier every day with this cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) workbook. Reframe the way you think about stress and bring joy into your life with CBT practices.

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Anna Napawan
2021
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The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

You see here a different kind of happiness book. “The How of Happiness” is a comprehensive guide to understanding the elements of happiness based on years of groundbreaking scientific research.

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Sonja Lyubomirsky
2025
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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill

In this groundbreaking book, Matthieu Ricard makes a passionate case for happiness as a goal that deserves at least as much energy as any other in our lives.

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Matthieu Ricard, Daniel Goleman (foreword)
2025
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Hacking Your Brain for Happiness - James Doty - TEDxSacramento

Dr. James Doty explains the neurological benefits of Compassion. “Project Compassion” has now turned into a leading research and educational institution and the only institution solely focused on the study of Compassion, Altruism and Empathy.

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James Doty
2016
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The Conquest of Happiness

In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies.

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Bertrand Russell
2013
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