Lasting happiness : in search of deeper meaning and fulfilment

By:

Parnham, Andrew

Publication details: London : Darton, Longman and Todd, 2018Description: 224 p. ; 20 cm Appendices, notesISBN:

9780232533590

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WLM 200.

Contents:

1. The good life ; 2. Happiness and wellness ; 3. Longing for more ; 4. Two ways of experiencing the world ; 5. Healthy relationships I: how they work ; 6. Healthy relationships II: repair and restoration ; 7. Discovering meaning ; 8. Finding our way; Appendix 1: the happiness course ; Appendix 2: Keys to move us towards lasting happiness

Summary: Western society places great emphasis on the pursuit of health, wealth and pleasure, with a general expectation that having these in abundance will lead directly to The Good Life. But anxiety, depression and loneliness are rife in our communities and it is common for people to struggle with relationships and to feel they have a low sense of meaning and lasting fulfilment. Is there a better way for us to try to live? Andrew Parnham believes that there is, but such a way may take us in unexpected directions. In Lasting Happiness he invites us to explore this path in his company, looking beyond our immediate perceptions to consider our universal longings, the extraordinary way in which our brains engage with the world and ourselves, how healthy relationships develop and can be restored and how meaning and fulfilment may actually be attained,

List(s) this item appears in: LGT Libraries - Resilience and Wellbeing Collection

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Library Shelves	WLM 200 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		W0006741
Book	Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Library Shelves - LEW	WLM 200 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		L04918

Western society places great emphasis on the pursuit of health, wealth and pleasure, with a general expectation that having these in abundance will lead directly to The Good Life. But anxiety, depression and loneliness are rife in our communities and it is common for people to struggle with relationships and to feel they have a low sense of meaning and lasting fulfilment. Is there a better way for us to try to live?

Andrew Parnham believes that there is, but such a way may take us in unexpected directions. In Lasting Happiness he invites us to explore this path in his company, looking beyond our immediate perceptions to consider our universal longings, the extraordinary way in which our brains engage with the world and ourselves, how healthy relationships develop and can be restored and how meaning and fulfilment may actually be attained,

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