HQ Reading List

As I have mentioned, I am reading voraciously to learn as much as possible about happiness from those who have studied it scientifically and empirically:

So here’s my fundamental happiness quest reading list:

·         The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

o   By Jonathan Haidt, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia

·         The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

o   By Sonja Lyubomirsky, a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside

·         Stumbling on Happiness

o   By Daniel Gilbert, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University

·         The Happiness Project:  Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

o   By Gretchen Ruben, a lawyer and writer of primarily easy-to-read history books

·         Calm: A Proven 4-Step Process Designed Specifically for Women Who Worry

o   By Denise Marek, a self-proclaimed “Worry Management Expert” from Ontario

·         The Holy Bible, New International Version

·         Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to  Bear (a study of Psalm 23)

o   My Max Lucado, Pastor of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio