The Happiness & Contentment Workbook

A beautiful book that is clear and concise. I found the examination of happiness to be very comprehensive. The book consists of interesting narratives, questions to answer along the way, meditation prompts and quotes. The narrative is full of helpful imagery to aid the visualisation of scenarios. Areas covered include forgiveness, examining emotions, gratitude, beginnings & endings, upsets and dealing with criticism. There is also a large section on addressing different aspects of our inner self. I found this book very thought-provoking and inspiring.

A great positive book, really thought provoking and definitely needed in the current times. The advice was great and relatable and great to come back to everybody and again.

A lovely book that makes you think about your life and the ways you can change your mindset. It would be nice to dip in and out of it and refer to it in future. A physical copy could make a great gift.
Thanks to Netgalley for an early e book copy.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC!
I'm so glad I had the chance to experience this book.
I've spent the last 20 days working on it, answering the questions to myself and getting to know myself better.
It definitely made me feel better.
Thank you.

I really enjoyed this workbook - it was very welcoming, easy to use and very creative. I loved all the information in the introductions to each chapter that was then followed with pairing questions. This is definitely a book that I would get for myself or as a gift - as a journal/workbook to continuously go back to at different points in my life.

Thank you Netgalley, The Happy Buddha and Quarto Publishing Group –Leaping Hare for the e-arc of this book.

This is an enjoyable book and workbook to get at the heart of contentment. With thought provoking questions to delve deep and a space to write your answers. It's artful and informative. Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me to read and review. I believe many people can enjoy this workbook as a happiness exercise.

A great book.
After what has been a rollercoaster of a year for many, this is a great book for positives and to help mentally.
I would definitely recommend it as a paper copy rather than on ebook format (my personal opinion)
This is a great wee gift if you know someone who sometimes struggles, it’s good for dipping in and out of when so needed.

This was very helpful to work through and I found insightful in many ways. For other people who are being hard hit with depression during COVID because our lives aren't going great, I'd recommend dipping into this for some help.

Every time I pick one of these types of books up I kinda roll my eyes and am like does this really help anyone? and then I purchase it or am gifted it and then have a moment of enlightenment where I'm like whelp I'm the type of person this book is made for.

The Happiness & Contentment Workbook is a thoughtful and useful manual full of guided prompts and exercises for accessing and building up our natural happiness and contentment and improving our quality of life. Released 6th Oct 2020 by Quarto on their Leaping Hare Press imprint, it's 176 pages and available in paperback format.

This is a quietly contemplative and useful book. The text is easy to understand and accessible and not at all flakey or "woo-woo". I was struck how much common sense and logic the prompts contained and how do-able the exercises were. Obviously not all of them will be applicable for all readers but there are a surprisingly large number of thoughtful points made throughout the text.

The art and illustrations throughout (see cover) are simple line drawings in restful colors and provide a nice counterpoint for the text. Each of the chapters contains some explanatory text - how to examine ourselves and localize potential places for change, how to allow ourselves to let go of rigidly held expectations, understanding pain, finding ways to cherish those around us (and ourselves), and a lot more. The text is followed by guided exercises with fill-in-the-blanks pages to explore our reactions and feelings: How are you right now, how do you feel, what do you need, what do you REALLY need, and many more. I sat down and slowly worked through a selection of the exercises (they're arranged roughly thematically in chapters) and some of the answers surprised me. The author does seem to have a knack of allowing the reader to think about the subjects in a non-confrontational and accessible manner. I appreciated that the author *never* engaged in magical thinking (just *BE* happier, see how easy that is?!). Instead, there are actual constructive means to identify what is holding us away from being content and finding ways to ameliorate the hindrance(s).

This would make a superlative gift to oneself, maybe with some journaling supplies, pens, paper, etc. I'm not sure exactly how well it would work for gifting to others (possibly a very close friend or family member) since it's such a personal and introspective book. I could also see this being a good choice for group therapy work or classes in some instances.

Interesting and valuable insights to be had as well as an appealing and easy to read physical layout. I thought some of the answer areas on some of the pages lacked enough space to really be able to answer *in the book* so I suggest using it in conjunction with blank paper or a journal/notebook.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.