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Happiness Instruction Kit: No Assembly Required

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What I loved about this book is that it takes a topic that we are all familiar with and talks to us as if it is "us" who wrote the book. We can all relate to the stories of the author and put ourselves in her shoes.

I think the book is a great way to show others you care or to pick up the spirits of a friend who needs to focus on the good things in their life. Thank you Willa Young for your insights.

Written by professional marriage & family therapist Willa A. Young, Happiness Instruction Kit: No Assembly Required is a superbly presented self-help book to the art and science of balancing one's life, learning to think positively and find more humor and joy in everyday things. Highly recommended for personal self-help, self-improvement reading lists and reference collections, Practical and uplifting, Happiness Instruction Kit is a basic, practical, yet profoundly wonderful little guidebook to enhancing the overall quality of one's life.

Happiness comes from within...from within these pages by Willa Young. If you have the blues, exercise your inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness and buy this book. Ms. Young knows the secrets of contentment and peace of mind and they're all right here between the covers of this well written and well reasoned volume. It's a declaration of independence from sadness.

Happiness comes from within...from within these pages by Willa Young. If you have the blues, exercise your inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness and buy this book. Ms. Young knows the secrets of contentment and peace of mind and they're all right here between the covers of this well written and well reasoned volume. It's a declaration of independence from sadness.

My grandmother, mother, and i all read this wonderful book and found that besides the tips and advice it gives about increasing happiness in ones life, that the simple task of just READING the book makes people happy. Ms. Young writes her methods in fun yet intellectual ways that stimulate and entertain. I've been a big fan of the 'Chicken Soup' series and while they still sit on my bookself, the Happiness Instruction Kit is in my display case! If you like the Chicken Soup books, you'll just the Happiness Instruction Kit, share it with your family! It's really a wonderful book.

Simple, thoughtful. Easy to read and understand. Ms. Young has removed the psychobabble and granola rubbish found in much of the genre, and in the simplest of terms demands that people take responsibility for their own happiness. Refreshingly, she states that people need to set more realistic goals for themselves, and provides practical suggestions for creating an environment (both internal and external)one can live with. Brava!

Happiness Instruction Kit is a wonderful guide to inspire and motivate you to find added happiness in each day. Every page has information and wisdom to make you feel good about yourself and those close to you. You will want to return to Happiness Instruction Kit frequently for continual inspiration. The perfect gift for anyone!

A gift to me -- read with a "humbug" attitude. Surprised
me! Easy to read, but if you try to put it down, it's only because you've found too much to think about before reading more!

This book is a lovely and practical guide for reavealing simple ways to re-frame situations and behaviors in everyday life. The re-framing is done through a postive (the glass is half full) perspective. The author is gifted in both her ability to use practical everyday examples that everyone can understand, and, her humor. As a therapist, I see many people who feel depressed and doomed to their negative feelings. Practicality and humor are refreshing and novel approaches for an unhappy person. The author is also generous in her use of personal experience. Her biography, which she honestly shares with her readers, is perhaps the best aspect of the book. Ms. Young was born into sadness and "figured out" her way into happiness. The book has an "If I can, so can anyone" appeal. It is a lovely gift item and is uplifting.

A good little book about how to be happy in your everyday life. I plan on giving it to all of my children to read. It's simple, well written, and the illustrations are very pleasing to the eyes.