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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the Secret to Happiness

By Mihály Csíkszentmihályi — 2008

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology.

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Lisa Feldman Barrett
2018
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SARK’s New Creative Companion: Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit

We all need reminders that it’s little things that make us feel really alive—those small actions and subtle gestures that can potentially lead to great moments of magic and joy.

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SARK
2025
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Read This Story and Get Happier

The most popular course at Yale teaches how to be happy. We took it for you.

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Adam Sternbergh
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I Have a Serious Physical Disability, but the Biggest Daily Challenges Are with My Mindset

The ongoing dialogue I have with my own perspective and emotions is the biggest job I’ve ever undertaken. Exploring this internal give-and-take forces me to grow in surprising ways.

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Carolyn Dalton, Quora
2017
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One Way and Another: New and Selected Essays by Adam Phillips – Review

How should we read psychoanalysis? Many of its great theorists – Sigmund Freud, Donald Winnicott, Jacques Lacan – trained as doctors, and their successors tend to follow the rigid formulae of academic papers.

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Daniel Cohen
2013
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The Upside of Being Down: How Mental Health Struggles Led to My Greatest Successes in Work and Life

After graduating from college, Jen Gotch was living with her parents, heartbroken and lost, when she became convinced that her skin had turned green.

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Jen Gotch, Rachel Bertsche
2020
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Making Your Creative Mark: Nine Keys to Achieving Your Artistic Goals

Writers, painters, singers, filmmakers, musicians, craftspeople, and actors confront daunting challenges every day. It is hard to produce new work, find success in the marketplace, manage relationships, and keep spirits up.

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Eric Maisel
2013
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Creativity for Life: Practical Advice on the Artist’s Personality, and Career from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach

Over the years, Eric Maisel has worked with thousands of creative people, including writers, musicians, artists, dancers, and actors.

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Eric Maisel
2007
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Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic (Art Book for Artists, Creative Self-Help Book)

Bestselling author, artist, and illustrator Lisa Congdon brings her expertise to this guide to the process of artistic self-discovery. This one-of-a-kind book helps artists navigate the influence of creators they admire, while simultaneously appreciating the value of their personal journey.

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Lisa Congdon
2019
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James Hillman: Follow Your Uncertainty

When Hillman questions some of the basic tenets of psychology, audiences turn to him to come up with answers. Hillman retorts to such pleas in his dry New England style, "I don't have answers. I have questions."

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Tracey Cleantis
2011
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