Happier, No Matter What

Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times

By: Tal Ben-Shahar

Narrated by: Adam Verner

When the world is upside down and the future uncertain, is it possible to find happiness? Happiness expert Tal Ben-Shahar unequivocally says yes! In Happier, No Matter What, he gives listeners a toolbox for finding hope and purpose - the SPIRE method. This nuanced approach has five key realms:

• Spiritual: Are we living mindfully?
• Physical: Do we take care of our bodies?
• Intellectual: Are we challenged and curious?
• Relational: Do we nurture connections that nurture us?
• Emotional: Are our feelings both honored and balanced?

By assessing each area, we gain insight into our "baseline happiness" - and about how to build the resilience necessary to weather all of life's ups and downs, no matter what.

©2021 Tal Ben-Shahar (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Informative and practical

Clear presentation of research supporting author’s analysis of happiness as « whole person wellbeing » consisting of 5 core elements. The author also includes practical prompts for the reader to reflect on one’s own current status of each element and the steps projected to ameliorate that status.

Great Book, will come back to it

The message is great and practical. Definitely a book I will come back to over the years.

Good read

Probably a book most of the world should read. On my happiness and spiritual journey, I have found this book confirms all the things needed for overall well-being. It was nice to find all this out for myself, and then hear that science backs it up. With the acronym SPIRE, I have found all to be very important, with spiritual well-being, and having healthy loving relationships, to be superior.

Happiness is a choice

Tell Ben Sahar lays out easy steps with anecdotes to find happiness in every day life and to focus on the positive. He also explains how giving makes people happier, not just in the moment, but for residual happiness rather than receiving or just giving to yourself. It’s upbeat, easy to listen to. I’d highly recommend listening and taking notes there’s some real aha’s and gems in this book. Listen more than once !

Great Read!

Very insightful. Practical and inspiring. I can see how putting to practice the suggestions can lead to a more rich and yes happy life in what is undoubtedly a complex world. Much of what happens is not in our control. But how we go about experiencing and accepting it could be.