Your Happiness Reading List

I am often asked for book recommendations on meditation and happiness. I urge people to check out their public library.   I emphasize books that have scientific evidence and provide simple exercises to master lifestyle changes. I am listing my favorite sources here. Check them out at Amazon.com or your local public library!

Excellent Resources On Scientific Research of Happiness

• The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor (Sep 14, 2010)
• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin E. P. Seligman (Jan 5, 2004)
• The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky
• The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary D Chapman (Dec 17, 2009)

The Brain and the Power of Meditation

• Meditation in a New York Minute: Super Calm for the Super Busy Paperback – Illustrated by Mark Thornton (Author)
• The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live by Richard J. Davidson and Sharon Begley (Dec 24, 2012)

Habits

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath (Author), Dan Heath (Author)
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Feb 28, 2012)
• Two Weeks to a Breakthrough: How to Zoom Toward Your Goal in 14 Days or Less by Lisa L. Haneberg (Author)

Search for Meaning

• Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Dec 1, 1997)

Physical Fitness and Healthy Nutrition

• The 10-Minute Total Body Breakthrough
  by Sean Foy (Author), Nellie Sabin (Author), Mike Smolinski (Author)
• Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition by Joel Fuhrman (Author)