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Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness - our blogger for the week of 1/19

Fri, 01/16/2009

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Sonja Lyubomirsky is one of our guest bloggers during the week of January 19th. If you have any questions for Sonja Lyubomirsky, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some more information about The How of Happiness:

A groundbreaking, practical guide to attaining happiness based on innovative scientific research, The How of Happiness is a powerful contribution to the field of positive psychology and a gift to people who have sought to take their happiness into their own hands. Drawing upon years of her own pioneering research with thousands of men and women, psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky reveals that much of our capacity for happiness is within our power. Detailing an easy-to- follow plan, including exercises in new ways of thinking and understanding our individual obstacles, The How of Happiness offers a positive and empowering way to sustain a new level of joy in our lives.

About Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her B.A. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford University. Lyubomirsky and her research have been the recipients of many honors, including the 2002 Templeton Positive Psychology Prize and a multiyear grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.

The How of Happiness
Sonja Lyubomirsky - author