O's Big Book of Happiness

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FROM THE INTRODUCTION
It's almost more joy than one volume can hold: O'sBigBook.of Happiness features more than icq of the richest, juiciest, and most enthralling articles, all rounded up from the pages of Q The Oprah Magazine. As we set out to select this year's collection of delights, we've focused on you—what you'll find deeply inspiring, encouraging, illuminating, and just plain irresistible.
In fact, here in our eighth year, there isn't a single topic we've shied away from—your family dramas, spiritual Saharas, health hang-ups, sex dilemmas, age anxieties Think of these pages not only as a shot of color for your coffee table or bookcase, but also as a gathering of sage voices on every imaginable subject.
We weren't kidding when we called this the Big Book—a comprehensive guide to the great adventure that is your life. Wherever your quest takes you, I hope this collection will be your companion. ^
O S BIG BOOKOF
HAPPINESS
O S BIG BOOK OF HAPPINESS
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Fülszöveg

FROM THE INTRODUCTION
It's almost more joy than one volume can hold: O'sBigBook.of Happiness features more than icq of the richest, juiciest, and most enthralling articles, all rounded up from the pages of Q The Oprah Magazine. As we set out to select this year's collection of delights, we've focused on you—what you'll find deeply inspiring, encouraging, illuminating, and just plain irresistible.
In fact, here in our eighth year, there isn't a single topic we've shied away from—your family dramas, spiritual Saharas, health hang-ups, sex dilemmas, age anxieties Think of these pages not only as a shot of color for your coffee table or bookcase, but also as a gathering of sage voices on every imaginable subject.
We weren't kidding when we called this the Big Book—a comprehensive guide to the great adventure that is your life. Wherever your quest takes you, I hope this collection will be your companion. ^
O S BIG BOOKOF
HAPPINESS
O S BIG BOOK OF HAPPINESS
YOU can't buy happiness, so why not grow your own? All you need is a piece of fertile ground (your beautiful mind) plus sonne hardy seeds of wisdom, creativity, and plain good sense. In this inspiring new collection from the pages of 0, The Oprah Magazine, more than 75 warm, wise, and insightful contributors write about beating the blues, dropping the weight, lissing fear goodbye, making your dreams real, and putting your best face forward (with a little help from the right haircut, of course).
O's Big Book of Happiness offers you more than 100 wonderfully written, empowering articles that will turn your life around, whether you're fighting loneliness, illness, self-doubt, or a crisis of faith. World-class writers, artists, entrepreneurs, and political leaders, such as Alice Sebold, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Swados, Richard Branson, and Baracl< Obama, open a window on the life lessons that have galvanized them and set them on the road to joy. Among the in-house experts offering advice and comfort, financial adviser Suze Orman defuses the minefields of money management, and life coach Martha Beck clues you in on how to handle your most intractable critic—youl—while Dr. Phil sheds light on the push-me-pull-you confusion of intimate relationships. Be prepared for unconditional honesty and reality-based solutions, even if you think you've hit bottom and there's no place left to go. As Oprah writes in one of her essays, "Everything in life happens to help us live."
Have you ever wondered
¦ What's the secret to getting in shape—and staying that way? Rebecca Skloot tells you how to trick your brain into actually craving diet and exercise (page 10), while O's Mental Health Kit offers therapist-tested techniques for getting your life back in balance (page 46), and Oprah discusses how the best healthcare begins with self care (page 61).
¦ When your worst-case scenario finally happens, how do you carry on? Onetime war correspondent Geraldine Brooks writes that a diagnosis of cancer, which she once feared more than terrorist bullets, proved to be a path to grace (page 36). Beverly Donofrio tells how she endured a rapist's violent attack by refusing to say yes to despair (page 74), and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg explains how to make those crucial human connections that are guaranteed to melt away loneliness and refresh your faith (page 149). Vissza