HAPPY THIS YEAR! The Secret to Getting Happy Once and for All

The author’s laid-back tone of enthusiasm is fitting for his fresh-sounding audiobook on a popular topic, happiness. He sounds confident and is nimble with phrasing, but he’s humble enough to keep his personality from competing with his message. With many practical suggestions, he shows how we can change our thoughts, words, and actions to raise our ambient level of happiness—the level of satisfaction we habitually return to after the thrill or sting of a life event subsides. In the kindest, most comforting way, he reminds us that happiness starts from the inside and that the kind of happiness worth working on is less about transient joy or bliss than it is about feeling consistently contented—satisfied with our lives and optimistic about our destiny. T.W. 2014 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2014]