The Laughing Guide to Well-Being: Using Humor and Science to Become Happier and Healthier [Paperback]

Do you experience stress? Are you interested in better health and well-being? Do you pursue happiness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to read this book. If you answered no, youre in denial. All of us can use a little help to become happier or healthier. Unfortunately, the help we get is often too scary: if you dont do this or that, some catastrophic event of epic proportions will happen. Prilleltenskys approach, in contrast, is to help you become healthier and happier through laughter. In this hilarious book, Prilleltensky combines humor with science to help you improve your well-being. Each chapter consists of the Laughing Side, a series of funny stories; and the Learning Side, a research-based, user-friendly guide to health and happiness. The first chapter provides an overview of well-being, while subsequent chapters cover each of its six domains: Interpersonal, Community, Occupational, Physical, Psychological, and Economic (I COPPE). When you finish the book youll have a greater understanding of your life, and ways to make it better.Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky, an award winning community psychologist and humor writer, is Dean of the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Miami.

Prilleltensky provides a lot of humor, clear practical examples, illustrations, and advice that relays uncomplicated, accessible, and relevant content to be used easily in everyday-life to improve the quality of life. Global Education Review

This book is hilarious. It is so funny that you will be tempted to race through abstract advice about well-being and happiness to get to the next funny story and have another belly laugh. Do not race. You will miss the wisdom for the wit. Martin E. P. Seligman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Author of Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being

This is a disarmingly clever and humorous book that offers a rich array of wise advice on how to llS~