Are you tired of the pursuit of happiness? Learn how to choose happiness in this practical, easy-to-read text outlining the keys to finding authentic happiness.After years of pursuing happiness through money, relationships, and material possessions, Vickay found herself trapped, unfulfilled, and unhappy. A college course on the psychology of happiness taught by a philosophy instructor piqued her curiosity. On a whim she was inspired to contact the professor for some insights on how to break out of her rut. His ideas forever changed her approach to finding happiness and started her on a path towards living life more skillfully. It all began with an email, containing a simple question, asked at the right time: How can I be happier? Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails is the answer to that question. Through these seven emails, the professor shares three key concepts and four critical skills for living a happy life: <ul>
<li>What makes us happy?</li>
<li>If happiness is a choice, why don't we always choose it?</li>
<li>What is happiness anyway?</li>
<li>How can we experience more peace and less negativity?</li>
<li>How can we experience more joy?</li>
<li>How can we be more engaged and satisfied with our lives?</li>
<li>How can we live a meaningful life and rediscover our sense of purpose?</li>
</ul>The professor draws on modern psychological research to provide practical tools for experiencing consistent, everyday happiness, but he also raises philosophical questions that will have you discovering your own unique insights on life. Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails is more than a collection of emails or an introductory textbook to positive psychology. It is an inspirational, thought-provoking guide to the science of happiness and to a life well lived.

Authentic Happiness in Seven Emails: A philosopher's simple guide to the psychology of joy, satisfaction, and a meaningful life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Galindo, Javy W.

Mental Health

Enlightened Hyena Press

In Subterranean Light, you are invited to embark on a journey to the midst of the human experience and unveil the profound spiritual and emotional discovery that lies within. Move to the center of loss, heartbreak and pain - drawn from Susanne's own experiences with illness, the suicide of her brother, and the deaths of her mother, grandmother and daughter - and see the light of gratitude, love and beauty. To see and feel it all, light and dark.Let these poems guide you and offer inspiration in times of need, evoking trust in the ways of Being and inviting you to unearth the gifts and teachings of adversity. With seven powerful themes that embody the essential domains of life, incorporating light and dark, illness, silence, death, the divine and the sacred relationship with the spiritual, Subterranean Light offers guidance in times of hardship and reflects all aspects of life and being.Transformational in their nature and deeply spiritual, this touching and heartfelt collection is an invitation to anyone who is interested in the integration of spirituality and daily life - Those who are exploring ways to navigate the personal challenges of these times, people who are facing life crises, parents, family caregivers, helping professionals, spiritual students, and teachers.

Subterranean Light

Literature & Fiction

West, Susanne

Poetry

Sleep paralysis feels like being awake and aware in bed as someone--or something--holds you down. In this revised and updated 2nd edition of his classic Sleep Paralysis, Ryan Hurd honors these frightening hallucinations afresh from the perspective of contemporary dream science. Praise for Sleep Paralysis "Exuding the kindness and knowledgeability that only comes from embodied experience, Hurd gives us this readable guide to befriending these often-difficult visitors." --Toko-pa Turner, Bestselling Author of Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home "Let this masterful guide lead you into the deepest insights about the nocturnal mind, and all the discoveries waiting within." --Andrew Holecek, author of Dream Yoga and member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine "Ryan Hurd's well-researched, newly updated, and profoundly insightful book examines this fascinating and often frightening subject with great depth and abundant personal experience." --David Jay Brown, author of Dreaming Wide Awake and The New Science of Psychedelics "Hurd's interesting and extremely readable book helpfully includes tips for getting a better night's sleep and ways to cope with this provocative (and sometimes scary) phenomenon." --Brian A. Sharpless, PhD, clinical psychologist and co-author of Sleep Paralysis: Historical, psychological, and medical perspectives

Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions and Visitors of the Night

Hurd, Ryan

Religion & Spirituality

This is your introductory guide to the world's greatest philosophers and their most influential answers to the most popular questions in philosophy. Readers will be introduced to the foundational philosophies of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, George Berkeley, William James, Bertrand Russell and more. Through readings from these philosopher's original works, you will explore some of the most monumental arguments in all of philosophy. Topics covered include the following: +Metaphysics: materialism, idealism, dualism, personal identity, the mind-body problem, time, and free will. +Epistemology: rationalism, empiricism, pragmatism, Kant's revolutionary idea, and the coherence theory of truth. +Ethics: egoism, divine command theory, utilitarianism, Kant's categorical imperative, Aristotle's virtue ethics.

Venturing into Philosophy: An introduction to the world's great philosophers and their most influential answers to life's big questions.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

The Taste of Transcendence is the perfect introduction to mankind's collective spiritual wisdom. You will find carefully selected foundational songs, stories, and scripture to give you the world's greatest insights into the human condition, the nature of ultimate reality, and the path to the transcendent sacred. Readings from the world's most influential religious texts have been chosen to provide you with a taste of this transcendence. Included are excerpts from the following spiritual paths: <ul><li>Vedic Traditions Hinduism (Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita), Buddhism (Dhammapada, J&#257;taka Tales)</li><li>Chinese Traditions Confucianism (Analects of Confucius), Taoism (Tao Te Ching)</li><li>Abrahamic Traditions Judaism (Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Proverbs), Christianity (Four Canonical Gospels, Hebrews), Islam (Holy Qur'an, Rumi Poetry, Sufi Tales)</li><li>Indigenous Traditions People of the Pacific (Australian Aborigines, Maori, Native Filipinos), People of the Americas (Lakota Oglala People, Cherokee People, Aztecs, and Eskimos)</li> From the Introduction: The word "religion" is rooted in the Latin term that refers to things that bind. In many ways, what we often think of as being religious are those ...that we use to keep us together. They are things that bind us to one another and keep us from personally falling apart in the face of the inherent adversities of life....this is a book about religion in the most basic sense of the term. In this book are words that have been used to bind people together through their ability to express an experience of a transcendent life.

Taste of Transcendence: Sacred Scripture, Stories, & Teachings from the World’s Religious Traditions

Religious Studies