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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking – Review

January 31, 2013 by Angie Macdonald 2 Comments

the antidote by oliver burkeman

Have you ever tried hard to be positive and upbeat and wondered why you still felt depressed? I certainly have and it’s left me feeling defeated by gremlins and doomed to a life of unhappiness. Happiness and Positive Thinking Happiness has become something of a Holy Grail in modern Western society.  Apart from spawning an […]

Filed Under: CULTURE, MENTAL HEALTH, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: book review, happiness, oliver burkeman, positive thinking, self-help, the antidote

Self-help Books: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

May 14, 2012 by Angie Macdonald 2 Comments

figure leaping across a ravine in the sunset

Fear is like a dirty little secret we all carry around with us. To acknowledge it is to admit weakness and vulnerability, so many of us never do. Instead we try to cover it up with false bravado, mean behaviour or drugs and alcohol. But none of these things makes fear go away. Feel the […]

Filed Under: CULTURE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: books, fear, feel the fear and do it anyway, inspiration, self-help, Susan Jeffers

Do Self-Help Books Really Work?

April 20, 2012 by Angie Macdonald Leave a Comment

Self-help books on bookshelf

Depending on the company, it can take some courage to admit to reading and enjoying self-help books. The subject regularly divides opinion. There will always be those who see self-help authors as preying on vulnerable people and laughing all the way to the bank, and the people who read self-help books as somewhat lacking or […]

Filed Under: CULTURE, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Tagged With: books, self-help

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