Overview
Introduction
Keys to Better Well-Being
by Karin Tucker
Section 1: What Does It Mean to be Happy?
1.1 Why It’s So Hard to be Happy
by Michael Wiederman
1.2 The Science of Lasting Happiness
by Marina Krakovsky
1.3 Can Money Buy Happiness?
by Sonja Lyubomirsky
1.4 The Many Faces of Happiness
by Suzann Pileggi Pawelski
Section 2: Thought Control & Expression
2.1 How to Control Your Feelings and Live Happily Ever After
by Steve Ayan
2.2 Speak for Yourself
by Ferris Jabr
2.3 Reframing to Ease Negative Emotions
by Carrie Arnold and Tori Rodriguez
2.4 The Power of the Pen
by Katja Gaschler
Section 3: Be Mindful
3.1 Being in the Now
by Amishi P. Jha
3.2 Is Mindfulness Good Medicine?
by Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld
3.3 Mind of the Meditator
by Matthieu Ricard, Antoine Lutz and Richard J. Davidson
Section 4: Managing Time & Stress
4.1 Fight the Frazzled Mind
by Robert Epstein
4.2 Give Me a Break
by Ferris Jabr
4.3 Stress
by Debra A. Bassanger
4.4 This Is Your Brain on Meltdown
by Amy Arnsten, Carolyn M. Mazure and Rajita Sinha
Section 5: The Mind-Body Connection
5.1 Head Strong
by Ferris Jabr
5.2 In Search of the Optimal Brain Diet
by Bret Stetka
5.3 Can Herbs Ease Anxiety and Depression?
by Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld
5.4 Six Way to Boost Brain Power
by Emily Anthes
Section 6: The Power of Sleep
6.1 Sleep No More
by Louisa J. Steinberg
6.2 Sleep on It!
by Robert Stickgold
6.3 Ask the Brains: Does Napping Help Cognitive Function?
by Kimberly Cote
Section 7: We Are Social Animals
7.1 With a Little Help from Our Friends
by Lydia Denworth
7.2 The Social Cure
by Jolanda Jetten, Catherine Haslam, S. Alexander Haslam and Nyla R. Branscombe
7.3 The New Group Therapy
by Tegan Cruwys, S. Alexander Haslam and Genevieve A. Dingle
7.4 The Need for Human Connection in Digital Mental Health Care
by Kasley Killam
7.5 Patients Helping Patients
by Karen Weintraub
Section 8: Therapy: Talk about It, Act on It
8.1 Getting to Know Me
by Jonathan Shedler
8.2 Finding His Wings
by David J. Hellerstein
8.3 Fear Not, Child
by Jerry Bubrick
Section 9: Resilience
9.1 Ready for Anything
by Steven M. Southwick and Dennis S. Charney
9.2 The Self-Compassion Solution
by Marina Krakovsky
9.3 How to Find Meaning in Suffering
by Kasley Killam
9.4 The Neuroscience of True Grit
by Gary Stix
Section 10: Looking on the Bright Side of Life
10.1 Laughing Matters
by Steve Ayan
10.2 The Essence of Optimism
by Elaine Fox