You Can be an Optimist, Lucy MacDonald
You Can be an Optimist, Lucy MacDonald
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You Can be an Optimist
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Author: Lucy MacDonald

Narrator: Amanda Carlin

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Do you want to stop thinking negatively? Are you looking for greater happiness and more confidence? 

Optimism is an attitude that sets us up for life success by helping us focus on what works and how we contribute to what works. Optimistic people have more fun, are healthier and achieve more of their potential. Optimistic thinking is a skill that anyone can learn. In this simple easy-to-use audiobook, Lucy Macdonald will show you how to harness the power of optimism to help you create a more positive, upbeat attitude to life. 

The audiobook contains 20 specially devised exercises that include simple practices such as journaling, visualisation, affirmations and simple physical exercises. 

With its foundations in scientific principals of cognitive behaviour, You Can Be An Optimist will show you how to:

Boost your optimism
Recognise and deal with problems as they arise
Stop being negative and nurture a positive outlook
Deal with stress and increase your motivation
Be happier and more successful

This audiobook will help you to plug into the power of optimism, improve your health and create happiness for yourself and those around you.

Includes a PDF of Quizzes and Questionnaires 

About The Author

Lucy MacDonald, M.Ed., runs her own practice as a counsellor, specialising in stress and anger management, emotional intelligence and the power of optimism. She is a member of the Canadian Counselling Association, president of Canada's Private Practitioners' Network, and a well-known speaker throughout Canada. The author lives in Ottowa, Ontario Canada.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mikayla on September 25, 2019

I probably enjoyed this book more than most people would because I had to study a lot of the research MacDonald cited while I was in grad school. So I was kind of nerding out while I read. I like how the book is organized into short snippets of life areas where we may need to re-wire our thoughts and......more

Goodreads review by Charissa on June 21, 2015

I found this book at the Airbnb I'm staying at in Hobart. Spent my nights here with it. There are alot of self help books here. And this ones pretty good. Interesting viewpoints of pessimism, something new I've learned from being an annoyingly optimistic person.......more

Goodreads review by Ashkan on December 02, 2015

good read......more

Goodreads review by Rosauro on June 07, 2015

Great book especially for those like me who were victims of depression and anxiety.......more

Goodreads review by Srinivasan on February 19, 2025

The book offers nothing new if you are already through some Self help. Even for new, inadequate. "You Can Be an Optimist: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life" by Lucy MacDonald is a practical guide designed to help readers cultivate a more optimistic outlook through actionable strategies and exerc......more