Your body can tell your mind what to feel! Mind boggling! It makes perfect sense while at the same time being shocking. Now every time I notice a strong emotion starting I check in with my physical symptoms to see whats going on in my body. The author also addresses how our bodies respond to outside stimuli thru sight and sound like being in nature, architecture and being in noisy environments. And how even taste is affected by our other senses. Further, the information on pain and the brain is beyond amazing. As well as movement and learning. Lots of other truly fascinating information! Definitely worth reading.

What Your Body Knows About Happiness is a well crafted and researched book that provides actionable steps towards happiness. The most interesting part, for me, was the information about how fractals create a sense of peace. I have always been fascinated by fractals - maybe this explains why. I have also been doing a lot of work and reading about how to re-wire the brain after trauma. This book provides additional guidance in that area as well as a number of great tools to increase well-being and happiness. I enjoyed this book immensely.

What Your Body Knows About Happiness : Unexpected Ways to Find Gratitude, Happiness, and Joy. I was hoping this book would be full of pointers and ideas for fun ways of increasing happiness and joy. However, I found it to be a little bit like an academic paper, quoting scientists, studies, and experts in the field, rather than practical. I had to skim over some of it. The constant references to her other book were a bit grating. To be fair I've read a lot in the mind body connection and didn't find much that was new. But I can also see how much work and research the author has put into producing this book, and while it wasn't for me, I think that there are lots of people out there who will love it, and get lots of benefit from it.

What Your Body Knows About Happiness
3.5⭐


"Happiness isn't just a state of mind. It's also a state of body."

I rarely read these kind of books but this one got me intrigued because it tackles that our is as much as responsible as your brain maybe even more and how when we express an emotion our body reacts first then our brain starts interpreting what's happening and act accordingly.


You will find tips and strategies along the way to help you know your body in a new way which hopefully you will find helpful as I did.
Take a chance on this book because it's different and good.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for granting me an ARC of #whatyourbodyknowsabouthappiness in exchange for my honest review.

Xoxo😘

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this e-book.
3.5 rounded up. I liked it and there were a lot of interesting facts, but there was a lot of fluff mixed into the interesting bits that made this book feel way too long.

I liked the look into interesting new ways to think about how our bodies can contribute to our happiness. I do think that some of the talk about her other book and all the interviews could maybe be shortened.
But overall an interesting read.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review. This book was an interesting perspective I've never thought about how our bodies know more than our minds and things we can do to trick our minds using our bodies, but it makes total sense. We do collapse inward when we are depressed or sad, and sit up straighter when we are happier and recall happy memories. I never realized how much our bodies our constantly receiving data and trying to connect it to our brain and changing how we think of things! The only thing I didn't like was the constant mention of a previous book that was written by the Author, it almost felt like she was trying to use it for publicity.

I assumed this book was by an expert like a psychologist who specializes in treating depression but it’s one of those books where a privileged rich journalist decides to write about something and then talks about herself a lot and interviews various experts. I got really tired of her talking about one of her other books and how many times she’s been interviewed and given speeches, and her endless stories about traveling the world with her husband. I kind of feel like it would be easier to be happy if I went to Paris all the time too.

Each chapter is about some vague idea of how our bodies might trick us into feeling better, like if we sit up straighter we will feel more confident and optimistic. Various other ideas are to spend time in nature, around water, with fractals in our environment, moving, using our senses, etc. Absolutely nothing in here was new to me and it’s mostly just her jabbering on. I really wanted way less chatter and personal anecdotes and simple steps. The very last chapter sort of does that but it’s basically on Monday change your posture, on Tuesday get in nature, etc. I would have been happy with the week of ideas as seven sentences and to have skipped the book, and even then I already do it all anyway.

Sorry, this was a miss for me.

I read a digital ARC of this book for review.

I received a free e-arc of this book through Netgalley.
The idea that our bodies influence our minds more than our minds influence our bodies is an interesting and different take from what we are usually told. I thought a lot of the information in here is definitely worth a read and a discussion. It covers a diverse range of body-related topics from vitamins to prescription meds to our facial expressions.

The body and subconscious frequently know before the conscious brain, and that's what this book delves into. In many places, the argument is that the body itself is influencing the brain, rather than the other way around. As children we listen to our bodies, but we learn over time to ignore those signals and follow societal rules instead. This book will help you reconnect your brain and your body to better understand what you're really experiencing in life.

This was an excellent read! As a psychology student, I have always been fascinated with how the body works with happiness!

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