{"product_id":"a-course-in-happiness-mastering-the-3-levels-of-self-understanding-that-lead-to-true-and-lasting-contentment-9781585427802","title":"A Course in Happiness: Mastering the 3 Levels of Self-Understanding That Lead to True and Lasting Contentment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mardi Horowitz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Growth - Happiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Wise counsel from one of America's most respected psychiatrists.\" -Irvin Yalom, author of \u003ci\u003eStaring at the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen Nietzsche Wept\u003c\/i\u003e, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For many, getting in touch with that elusive thing called \"happiness\" is rarely simple--and achieving any kind of lasting happiness can feel like an insur­mountable challenge. Perhaps what we need is an education on the subject . . . \u003ci\u003eA Course in Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e. In this book, Mardi Horowitz draws on more than forty years of experience as a practicing psychiatrist to provide readers with just this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e According to Dr. Horowitz, happiness is essentially a by-product of self-knowledge; in order to be happy, we need to understand who we truly are. In \u003ci\u003eA Course in Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, he details a deeply rewarding course in mastering the three levels of self-understanding that underlie happiness: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntegration\u003c\/b\u003e the ability to assemble all the pieces of one's self into a whole, complete, understood, and respected \"me.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/b\u003e the capacity to remain closely connected to the warmth of relationships with family, friends, colleagues, and others in a social community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntegrity\u003c\/b\u003e the insight to know which of one's values are most dear and which are lower in priority--and then to be true to what is the most important, even in the midst of conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Course in Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a road map for achieving genuine and lasting contentment.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411564978327,"sku":"9781585427802","price":2124.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781585427802.webp?v=1767443999","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-course-in-happiness-mastering-the-3-levels-of-self-understanding-that-lead-to-true-and-lasting-contentment-9781585427802","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}