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Happier Made Simple
- Choose Your Words. Change Your Life. Shortcuts to More Serenity in a Complicated World
- Narrated by: Randye Kaye
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Live happier—every day
Do you spend too much time and energy worrying about things that never even happen? Too antsy for long meditations and worry you’re “doing it wrong”? Do negative thoughts intrude on your happiest moments? Would you rather share a good laugh than complete another gratitude list? Then this book is for you. Let professional speaker and mental health advocate Randye Kaye introduce you to a method of harnessing the power of words—shortcuts your brain already knows well—to be happier right away.
Happier Made Simple will help you discover how to:
- Reduce anxiety and worry (and get more sleep)
- Have more laughter and love in your life
- Change the story you tell yourself—and others—to enjoy richer, deeper relationships
- Appreciate your own resilience to thrive through life’s challenges
You can start making small changes, right away, one word and one step at a time. Why not start living happier today?
Randye Kaye harnesses the power of words in her work as a radio personality, improv and stage actor, drama teacher, humorist, podcast host, writer, motivational speaker, voice talent, and audiobook narrator. Her best-selling book, Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope, was nominated for a Publisher’s Weekly Award. She lives with her family in Connecticut.
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