How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad)

Posted on 01 April 2017 by Lee Crutchley

Author and illustrator Lee Crutchley brings his lively interactive approach to a little discussed but very common issue the struggle with depression and anxiety Through a series of supportive, surprising, and engaging prompts, HOW TO BE HAPPY OR AT LEAST LESS SAD helps readers see things in a new light, and rediscover simple pleasures and everyday joy or at least feel a little less sad By turns a workbook, trusted friend, creative outlet, security blanket, and secret diary, the pages of this book will offer solace, distraction, engagement, a fresh perspective, and hopeful new beginnings for readers of all ages and walks of life. Download How to Be Happy (Or at Least Less Sad) – kino-fada.fr being a person who hate self help books that is too preachy, giving and emphazing examples of the so called successful people, that is, the writer but this depends some sharing their experiences in a humble way i bought this book when another episode of depression, strucks me i browse this book at a bookstore, and instantly having a thought this book is written for people like me.The first day i got this book, i was still felt so miserable even to...This book is a wonderful tool for this with depression to help identify what triggers them to feel down, as well as set activities and mind sets to help pull oneself back out It contains pages of prompts and thought evoking answers for the reader to answer For example, one page says List things you do every day that give you no pleasure Cross out anything non essential The next exercise List thugs that s you do every day that give you pleasure Circle anything on essential When I went t This book is a wonderful tool for this with depression to help identify what triggers them to feel down, as well as set activities and mind sets to help pull oneself back out It contains pages of prompts and thought evoking answers for the reader to answer For example, one page says List things you do every day that give you no pleasure Cross out anything non essential The next exercise List thugs that s you do every day that give you pleasure Circle anything on essentia...This book never claims that it will heal you It doesn t say it will change your life It doesn t That s okay.But it does help you figure out how some of your thought processes might be harmful, proves to you how they are wrong and helps you work on yourself There are a lot of exercises in this Sometimes they are fun like imagining what kind of animal you would be and stuff like that and sometimes they don t really work Like the one with the tv show schedule you are only allowed to watch This book never claims that it will heal you It doesn t say it will change your life It doesn t That s okay.But it does help you figure out how some of your thought processes might be harmful, proves to you how they are wrong and helps you work on yourself There are a lot of exercises in this Sometimes they are fun like imagining what kind of animal you would be and stuff like that and sometimes they don t really work Like the one with the tv show schedule you are only allowed to watch one episode of one show everyday and since I m a tv show addict, this really didn t work I tried though The one that I didn t want to do was listening to an album you hate for a whole day that would be a hell of a way to ruin my day But I get where he s coming from with those exercises, they were just not for me.The one I loved was where you have to write down how you think 5 of your friends would describe you and then ask them how they actually would My friends might me cry with their love It s nice to k...it s all about perspectives.I love how this isn t just a personal memoir instruction manual for how to be happier but also, it includes activities It s short, sweet and worth it.When I received this book I had no idea what it was I hadn t ordered any books recently and it appeared in my mail and am I glad it did I spent some time thinking about this wonderful new magic of books randomly appearing on my doorstep, thanks Perigee, I then flipped through the book and knew this would be great Perigee sent this to me in return for my honest opinion and I received no compensation for it.After figuring out where it came from, I spent a fewminutes having an internal cri When I received this book I had no idea what it was I hadn t ordered any books recently and it appeared in my mail and ...Penguin Random House contacted me to see if I d like to review this book for my blog The subject sounded like a good match for my readers, but when it arrived I was pleasantly surprised to see it was a workbook What a perfect idea Being told how to think better can be helpful, but being shown how to do it is infinitely better This workbook encourages positive thinking and constructive visualizing, and the various exercises train the reader to cast aside negativity The author shows that tryi Penguin Random House contacted me to see if I d like to review this book for my blog The subject sounded like a good match for my readers, but when it arrived I was pleasantly surprised to see it was a workbook What a perfect idea Being told how to think better can be helpful, but being shown how to do it is infinitely better This workbook encourages positive thinking and constructive visualizing,...I haven t technically finished this book as it is something I turn to when I m having a particularly low moment in my fight with depression However I find that this book is wonderful in helping me discover the little things that keep me going The title is right, it s not how to be happy It s how to be less sad Depression isn t something that goes away, you learn to cope with it and this is a great thing to cope with The 10 fingers listing what you appr...Great little book with writing prompts to aid with the recovery from depression I enjoyed the majority of this book and replicated many of the pages in my own journal I do think that the CBT thought distortion section is a little offensive to INFJ personality types, such as myself, but the author ...

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01 April 2017

Lee Crutchley