Happy at Last, Richard OConnor
Happy at Last, Richard OConnor
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Happy at Last
The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy

Author: Richard O'Connor

Narrator: Rick Adamson

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/28/2008


Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Undoing Depression – a groundbreaking program to get happy and stay happy!

Do you want to live the happiest, most satisfying life possible? Does happiness feel like an elusive goal? According to the most recent developments in psychology and science, the brain can be trained to be more receptive to happiness, because staying happy doesn't come naturally. Nor does our society make it easy. In Happy at Last, psychotherapist Richard O'Connor offers new thinking about how we attain and maintain happiness, and he shows us that it doesn't necessarily have to come at a high cost or in a big package. Rather, we can be in command of our happiness by learning to control how our minds work so that we can identify and savor the hidden positive aspects of everyday life. To do this, O'Connor provides us with a set of skills that will help us re-wire our brains to allow ourselves more joy.

Filled with practical advice and exercises, Happy at Last is a step-by-step guide that will help you achieve

* The core skills that we need to feel happy and fulfilled in today's world.

* Strategies for increasing happiness, reducing unnecessary misery, and experiencing greater satisfaction.

* Techniques for keeping sadness at bay and stress from getting in the way of enjoying life.

This is not glib pop psychology but rather the best current science has to offer, put into an accessible and absorbing audiobook. Richard O'Connor makes it possible to be, finally, Happy at Last!

About Richard O'Connor

Richard O’Connor, MSW, Ph.D. is the author of Undoing Depression and Undoing Perpetual Stress. For fourteen years he was executive director of the Northwest Center for Family Service and Mental Health, a private, nonprofit mental health clinic serving Litchfield County, Connecticut, overseeing the work of twenty mental health professionals in treating almost a thousand patients per year. He is currently a practicing psychotherapist with offices in Connecticut and New York.

About Rick Adamson

Rick Adamson has twenty years of experience in voiceovers, spoken word, acting, corporate sales training, and award-winning audiobook narration.  He is a Grammy nominee and an American Library Association award-winning narrator.  Most notably, his work includes reading for authors such as Bill Gates, Al Franken, O. Henry, and Susan Wilson, as well as Fast Food Nation, The Secret, and The Ransom of Red Chief. Adamson has done voiceovers for many Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T Labs, Pfizer, Merrill Lynch Online, Prudential Advisor, and Tyco. As a stage actor, he has performed both in NY theater and regional theater in productions such as You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Annie, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

Now THIS is my happiness guru! I have finally found someone who talks about happiness and positivity and achieving the goal in a way that does not sound too facile. Richard O'Connor does not sound like a guy who naturally walks on the sunny side of the street all the time. Not only is he a credentia......more

Goodreads review by Emily

A great blend of practical advice and scientific research about what it takes (and really means) to be happy. This book is especially helpful for people who have struggled with mild depression and maybe aren't naturally the happiest people. "Happiness is smaller than you think" He does take a few cra......more

Goodreads review by Emily

I'm giving this book 4 stars because there is a TON of comprehensive, research-backed information on happiness here, from the standpoints of pleasure, life satisfaction, and the minimizing of unnecessary misery. However, there were a few things that irritated me enough that I felt the need to make n......more

Goodreads review by Becca

Richard O'Connor's so great. I kind of sickly love self-help, but most of it is dumb and useless--this and Undoing Depression, both by O'Connor, are terrific, realistic, practical guides to not feeling crummy.......more