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The Happiness Hack by Ellen Petry Leanse
The author study and researched extensively to learn how other people answerd the questions about meaning, purpose and the pursuit of happiness. Her purpose of the book is to share her finding and shorten our path to finding it.
It may be a short book but delivers a powerful punch in giving you ideas to change your brain and reduce your stress. Simple but not always easy. You have to take the first step.
I am a fan of neuroscience so I enjoyed this book and felt the author explained it in a way we can all understand.
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I really enjoyed The Happiness Hack. This book will guide you to a happier and more meaningful life.

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Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review!

The author of this book gives practical advice for living a more fulfilling life. I am someone who always rushes around and stresses out about little things, so this book was a perfect read for me. I will definitely be utilizing strategies the author provided.

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An interesting read on how the brain works with some interesting tips. I had difficulty reading due to the formatting.

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The Happiness Hack: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness into Your Life by Ellen Petry Leanse by Simple Truths will be released at the beginning of November.

Like other self-book this one is born for a necessity: to describe to readers how to be happy, once the author discovered this process thanks to a personal intimate research.

The author tells that she spent very heavy moments and she didn't know what to do of her life. Apparently everyone close to her were happy and cheerful, while her existence didn't have any sense anymore.

She asked for help but this help too quick and she said no. She started to read. A lot but only when she met a crucial organ for our body, she thought she had discovered everything: we speak of our brain.

It's substantially our brain the boss, CEO of everything for our body. Heart included.

It's our brain that permits us the simplest and more articulated actions during the day although of course we can't notice it too often and we don't think of it at all most of the time.

Ellen Petry Leanse started to read how our brain works and later, how we can control ourselves re-educating our behavior, our habits, trying to diminish the time we spend close to devices like PCS or smart phones and giving more importance to our life.

A very excellent self-help book brief but intense.

Highly recommended.

I thank NetGalley for this ebook.

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A quick read with several good insights. But don't expect any profound revelations

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Is a book that talks about how we need to train our brain to be more mindful and be default more happy.
I won’t describe more of the book because I would be given it all away.
I found it interesting and well written. However I felt that it wasn’t about persuading for Happiness but for Mindfulness or Being Focus.

My rating is 3/5

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A good read about how the brain works and how to use this knowledge to get the most yourself and increase your happiness. Although the first half of the book was quite interesting and provided lots of detail on the science and workings of the brain, I much preferred the practical second half. This was full of useful tips and methods for getting the most out of yourself. A knowledgeable author and a good easy read. Thank You

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This is a quick and easy little read. There is a lot of information on how the brain works and the different functions of its different parts. Very interesting.

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