The Happiness & Contentment Workbook: Opening your heart, embracing your natural joy

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Learn how to cultivate your own joy through the Happiness & Contentment Workbook, with 70 writing exercises and plenty of space to delve into and reflect upon each one. This book contains the wisdom and guidance of The Happy Buddha who has been teaching people how to tap into their innate happiness for several decades. Full of practical meditations, guided explorations of your inner psyche and wonderful analogies, this workbook covers topics such as: Removing limiting beliefs Looking at the bigger picture Befriending your inner critic Embracing unhappiness Rediscovering your wild energy Unhooking from negative thoughts Slowing down Being present ... and much more. Imagine a large ice cube. Trapped in the centre of the ice cube is a beautiful, glittering jewel that represents our innate happiness and joy. How do you access it? Simply place the ice in the warmth of the sun, and let it melt... Overflowing with charming illustrations, chasmic analogies and thought-provoking activities to help you on the path to conscious contentment, The Happiness & Contentment Workbook is a book to work and melt into.

The Happy Buddha (also known as Suryacitta, meaning 'he whose heart is like the sun') is a member of the Western Buddhist Order and one of the most experienced mindfulness teachers in the UK, having started his practice in 1989. He leads retreats on the art of happiness and is the author of Happiness and How It Happens (Leaping Hare, 2011), and Mindfulness and Compassion (Leaping Hare, 2015).