What Happy Women Know How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Change Women's Lives for the Better

by Baker, Dan, Ph.D.; Greenberg, Cathy, Ph.D.; Yalof, Ina

• ISBN13: 9780312380595
• ISBN10: 0312380593
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

If your job or relationships are bringing you down, and you are feeling a little blue, What Happy Women Know can teach you the secret to recapturing joy.

Author Biography

Dan Baker, Ph.D., author of What Happy People Know and What Happy Companies Know, is a medical psychologist dedicated to the study of human behavior within an organizational setting Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., coauthor of What Happy Companies Know, is an organizational consultant and executive coach Ina Yalof is the author or coauthor of eleven books and teaches writing for Dartmouth College's ILEAD program

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Positive Psychology and the Science of Happiness	p. 1
Perfectionism: You Can't Get There from Here	p. 20
Wanton Wanting: The Myths and Burdens of Affluence	p. 44
When the Good You Do Doesn't Do You Any Good	p. 62
The Revenge Rut	p. 86
I'm Nothing without Him	p. 109
Circling the Career Track	p. 133
Transcending Loss	p. 154
Happiness and Health	p. 174
Ten Qualities of Happy Women	p. 200
What Happy Women Know	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 238
Index	p. 239
About the Authors	p. 251
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