Books, eBooks, websites, videos, movies, surveys... all kinds of resources- mainly Positive Psychology, but some Neuroscience, Spirituality, Self-Help, Philosophy and Quantum Physics :)

1. Compiled by Silvana Valentone
@Silvana_Happy5
June 2014
Resources for a Happier You

2. A good stack of books…
Mainly Positive Psychology, with some Neuroscience, a
few Self-Help, topped with a “travel journal”

3. A good stack of books (1)
The How of Happiness Happy for No Reason
 Sonja Lyubomirsky  Marci Shimoff

4. A good stack of books (2)
The Happiness Advantage Before Happiness
 Shawn Achor  Shawn Achor

5. A good stack of books (3)
The Art of Happiness The Art of Happiness at Work
 HH Dalai Lama
 Howard C. Cutler
 HH Dalai Lama
 Howard C. Cutler

6. A good stack of books (4)
Happier Stumbling on Happiness
 Tal Ben-Shahar  Daniel Gilbert

7. A good stack of books (5)
Authentic Happiness Flow
 Martin Seligman  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

8. A good stack of books (6)
Brain Rules Fully Present
 John Medina  Susan L. Smalley
 with Diana Winston

9. A good stack of books (7)
The Geography of Bliss The Four Agreements
 Eric Weiner  Don Miguel Ruiz

10. A good stack of books (8)
Positive Psychology
Coaching The Success Principles
 Robert Biswas-Diener
 Ben Dean
 Jack Canfield

11. A good stack of books (9)
The Secret
Don’t Sweat the Small
Stuff
at Work
 Rhonda Byrne  Richard Carlson

12. A good stack of books (10)
Emotional Intelligence
Zero Limits
(Ho’oponopono)
 Daniel Goleman  Joe Vitale
 Ihaleakala Hew Len

13. A shiny stream of TED Talks…
“Happiness” in the search box brings back a list of over 50
videos.
And then you have the “What makes us happy?” playlist…
These are my personal favourites- with a few from outside
the category

14. A shiny stream of TED Talks (1)
HappinessWhat makes us happy?
 Search by Topic.
 Result (as of June
2014): 51 Talks
 http://www.ted.com/tal
ks/browse?topics%5B
%5D=happiness&sort
=newest
 Playlist (10 talks)
 We all want to be
happy. But how, exactly,
do you go about it?
More stuff or less?
More choice or less?
The answers — from
psychologists,
journalists, Buddhist
monks — may surprise
you.
 http://www.ted.com/play

15. A shiny stream of TED Talks (2)
What makes us happy? (a selection)
 Dan Gilbert: The surprising science of happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy
 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow
 Michael Norton: How to buy happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness
 David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be
_grateful
 Matthieu Ricard: The habits of happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happin
ess
 Ron Gutman: The hidden power of smiling
http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_gutman_the_hidden_power_of_smilin
g

16. A shiny stream of TED Talks (3)
Happiness (a selection, part 1 of 2)
 Martin Seligman: The new era of Positive Psychology
http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_sta
te_of_psychology
 Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_se
cret_to_better_work
 Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_plane
t_index
 Matt Killinsgworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the
moment
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_killingsworth_want_to_
be_happier_stay_in_the_moment

17. A shiny stream of TED Talks (4)
Happiness (a selection, part 2 of 2)
 Andy Puddicombe: All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_i
s_10_mindful_minutes
 Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome
http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_aw
esome
 Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_ha
rd_wired_happiness
 Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises
http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_etcoff_on_happiness_and
_why_we_want_it
 Dan Gilbert: Why we make bad decisions
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happine
ss

18. A shiny stream of TED Talks (5)
Some other interesting talks…
 Nic Marks: Happiness Works (TEDx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx7fYv2cAy4
 Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
https://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_o
f_success
 Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_
you_are
 Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!
https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution
 Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion
 Jane Fonda: Life’s third act
https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act
 Robert Biswas-Diener: Your happiest days are behind you (TEDx)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTVv9tAlIE
 Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self

19. A couple of inspiring movies…
…well, actually 3. A mix of stories and testimonials, facts
and feelings- from Positive Psychology to the Law of
Attraction, and from Natural Science to Quantum Physics!

20. A couple of inspiring movies (1)
Happy – A Documentary
 http://www.thehappym
ovie.com/
 https://www.facebook.
com/HappyMovie
 https://twitter.com/the
happymovie/

21. A couple of inspiring movies (2)
What the *BLEEP Do We Know?
 http://www.whattheble
ep.com/
 Water Scene:
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=MMfCvdy
aNGQ (The Message
from Water by Dr.
Masaru Emoto)

22. A couple of inspiring movies (3)
The Secret
 http://thesecret.tv/
 http://www.youtube.co
m/user/thesecret
 https://www.facebook.
com/thesecret
 The Secret book:
http://thesecret.tv/thes
ecretbook/

23. A solid selection of links…
Fantastic websites with amazing resources- I’m sure
there are other jewels in cyberspace, but I’ll let you
explore some on your own, too

24. A solid selection of links (1)
Serious sites around Happiness (1st third)
 Authentic Happiness
 https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
 https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/test
center
 https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/reso
urces
 VIA Institute on Character
 http://www.viacharacter.org/www/
 http://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-
Strengths/VIA-Classification

25. A solid selection of links (2)
Serious sites around Happiness (2nd third)
 Action for Happiness
 http://www.actionforhappiness.org/
 http://www.actionforhappiness.org/why-happiness
 http://www.actionforhappiness.org/10-keys-to-
happier-living
 Happiness Works
 http://www.happinessworks.com/
 https://app.happinessatworksurvey.com/

26. A solid selection of links (3)
Serious sites around Happiness (3rd third)
 The Greater Good Science Centre
 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/resources
 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/happiness
 Canadian Positive Psychology Association
 http://www.positivepsychologycanada.com/
 http://www.positivepsychologycanada.com/What-is-
positive-psychology

27. A solid selection of links (4)
Some jewels from YouTube (1st ½)
 What is Positive Psychology? (animation- Martin
Seligman et al.)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJvS8v0TTI&list=P
LNZdd8WmDzUcLWqhH4Ye1RUP7M-tLXcK6
 Happiness 101 with Tal Ben-Shahar (PBS)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-
RVECUWOGQ&list=PLNZdd8WmDzUcLWqhH4Ye1RU
P7M-tLXcK6&index=15
 The How of Happiness (song based on Sonja
Lyubomirsky’s book)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAgqPKjortY
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyryRRYty4Y

28. A solid selection of links (5)
Some jewels from YouTube (2nd ½)
 Martin Seligman: Flourishing- a new
understanding of wellbeing
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LbwEVnfJA&i
ndex=12&list=PLNZdd8WmDzUcLWqhH4Ye1RUP7
M-tLXcK6
 Positive Psychology at Harvard (Tal Ben-Shahar)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwUecXRvnS0&i
ndex=2&list=PLNZdd8WmDzUcLWqhH4Ye1RUP7
M-tLXcK6 +
 Educating for Happiness and Resilience
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbC18wFkHNI&
index=39&list=PLNZdd8WmDzUcLWqhH4Ye1RUP

29. Please let me know which you prefer…
Or add your own. Thanks in advance!
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