The Happiness Toolbox: 56 Practices to Find Happiness, Purpose & Productivity in Love, Work and Life

Many book promise paths to happiness these days. The Happiness Toolbox really delivers. Dr. Paquette makes the compelling case that true happiness is a practiced state of mind you can choose to cultivate through ten well-researched practices that deepen your happiness from the inside out. The dozens of step-by-step What-Why-How exercises are not only easy, even delightful, to do, they are effective. The benefits to your deepening happiness will last a lifetime. --Linda Graham, MFT, author of Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being

The Happiness Toolbox provides simple, easy-to-use skills grounded in scientific research to help you become happier and healthier. With practical tips and useful exercises, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to boost their well-being and life satisfaction.
-- Nataly Kogan, author of Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)

A must-read for everyone who wants to improve their quality of life and well-being. The Happiness Toolbox provides a comprehensive guide to creating the life you want. Full of practical tools and exercises to help you maintain lasting behavioral change. --Avigail Lev, PsyD, director of the Bay Area CBT Center, and coauthor of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Interpersonal Problems, The Interpersonal Problems Workbook, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples

Once again Dr. Paquette has done an excellent job distilling the main factors that increase happiness life satisfaction. Building on his previous book, he has laid out practical exercises that are both fun and informative in a workbook format. He makes sense of the sometimes confusing literature and hype about happiness, bringing it down to earth to enrich your life. I recommend it highly!
-- John B Arden, PhD, ABPP, author of Mind-Brain-Gene and Brain2Brain

The Happiness Toolbox provides a fresh perspective toward creating positive mindsets among children and adults. The workbook presents a variety of engaging and informative activities to build and strengthen components of psychological well-being and resiliency. Incorporating topics like gratitude, kindness, and compassion within clinical practice is rewarding to both the client and clinician. This is a must have tool for any mental health provider. --Lisa Weed Phifer, D.Ed., NCSP, co-author of CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents

So many books, websites, apps and podcasts claim they contain the secrets to finding happiness. But rarely are they backed by research or real tools - instead just anecdotal fairy tales that work for a select few. The Happiness Toolbox is here to help, by providing you with science-backed exercises to change your life. An interactive journaling format helps you learn how to choose happiness by adding simple habits into your daily life - putting you in a love-lasting and fulfilling state of mind. Key skills for everyday happiness: - Gratitude - Compassion - Mindfulness - Savoring - Optimism - Forgiveness

Jonah Paquette, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, and author. . He is the Director of Clinical Training at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he runs an APA-accredited postdoctoral residency program and oversees a team of over 30 mental health trainees. In addition to this role, he conducts group and individual psychotherapy, performs crisis evaluations, and teaches a weekly class on happiness for the clinic. Beyond his clinical work and writing, Dr. Paquette offers training and consultation to therapists and organizations on the promotion of happiness, and conducts professional workshops around the country. A frequent media contributor, he has been featured in print, online, television, and radio outlets as well. In addition to this book, Dr. Paquette is the author of Real Happiness: Proven Paths for Contentment, Peace, and Well-Being (PESI Publishing, 2015), a research-based self-help book in which he distills the key findings in the field of happiness research, and offers user-friendly tools to achieve lasting well-being.