Laughing Guide to a Better Life

Using Humor and Science to Improve Yourself, Your Relationships, and Your Surroundings

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

The motto of this book is smarter through laughter. If you can laugh about it, you can probably change it. The authors use a heavy dose of humor (the laughing side), and a healthy measure of science (the learning side) to help you improve yourself, your relationships, and your surroundings. The book introduces the “I CAN model,” which stands for Interactions, Context, Awareness, and Next steps. Interactions are powerful determinants of health and happiness. There are two skills that can make our interactions healthier: the ability to connect and the capacity to communicate. Context is also a powerful but often neglected driver of change. The contexts of our lives consist of people, places, and things. To leverage context to our advantage we need to master the art of reading cues and changing cues in the environment. Awareness is the next driver of change. Regardless of where you are in the process of change, there is always a next step to strengthen your change, maintain your gains, and keep thriving. To do that, you need to make a plan, and you need to make it stick. The book will teach you how to use these drivers of change to flourish and thrive.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-01-21
Mått:183 x 256 x 14 mm
Vikt:449 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:118
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781475846379

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Isaac Prilleltensky is the former dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami, where he is currently professor of educational and psychological studies and vice provost for institutional culture. He is the author of ten books and the recipient of awards by the National Newspaper Association for his humor writing; and from the divisions of community and counseling psychology from the American Psychological Association for his scholarly work. Ora Prilleltensky earned her doctorate in counseling psychology at OISE at the University of Toronto and has taught at Victoria University in Australia, Vanderbilt University and the University of Miami. She has also practiced in university counseling centers, schools, and rehabilitation settings in Canada and Australia.

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What a gem of a book. Serious and fun, sophisticated and accessible, academically rigorous and practical. But be forewarned: Do not read this book in libraries, in quiet cars on trains, or around people who're asleep. You're going to be making excessive noise as you LOL on your way to a happier life

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Ease into a Better LifeThe Learning SideI CAN modelThe Laughing SideUnited in JudgmentParental FitnessTaming TemptationsPlanning InterruptusChapter 2: Mastering Awareness to Improve Yourself The Learning SideKnow YourselfKnow the IssueThe Laughing SidePatriotismThe Chutzpah DiariesPet Friendly FloridaLow Expectations Informed IndecisionsMeat Eaters Suddenly Go Vegetarian Chapter 3- Mastering Interactions to Improve Your RelationshipsThe Learning SideConnect CommunicateThe Laughing Side Empathy and Chutzpah Evolution of Thank YouInTRUMPetation of Historical EventsChapter 4- Mastering Cues To Improve Your SurroundingsThe Learning SideRead the CuesChange the CuesThe Laughing SideThe Meaning of Sexy Context is EverythingHow to Fix EducationChapter 5- Mastering a Plan to Make It StickThe Learning SideMake a PlanMake it StickThe Laughing SideClichésClutterNotesAbout the Authors