Suggested Reading

Happiness and Wellbeing

• Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being by Martin Seligman

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• Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin Seligman

• Positivity: How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive by Barbara Fredrickson & Kimberly Farr

• The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life by Shawn Achor

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• Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment by Tal Ben-Shahar & Jeff Woodman

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• Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times by Tal Ben-Shahar & Adam Verner

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• The How of Happiness by Sonya Lyubomirsky

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• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Living a Meaningful Life

• The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness by Emily Esfahani Smith

• How People Matter: Why it Affects Health, Happiness, Love, Work and Society by Isaac & Ora Prilleltensky

• Meanings of Life by Roy F. Baumeister

• Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

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• How Will You Measure Your Life? By Clayton Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon

• Train the Brave: Tame Your Fear, Take the Chance, Dare to Live Big by Margie Warrell

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero

Aging with Vitality and Purpose

• The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better by Richard Leider

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• From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur Brooks

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• Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development by George Vaillant

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• Dare to Discover Your Purpose: Retire, Refire, Rewire by George Jerjian
  Life Reimagined: The Science, Art and Opportunity of Midlife by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

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• Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, Sexy, and Smart by Chris Crowley & Henry Lodg

Forming Healthy Habits

• Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes that Stick by Wendy Wood

• Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear

• How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katie Milkman

• Badass Habits: Cultivate the Confidence, Boundaries, and Know-How to Upgrade Your Life by Jen Sincero

• The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why it Matters and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal

• Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Joe Dispenza

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• The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less by Barry Schwart