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Happy Never After

Why the Happiness Fairytale is Driving us Mad (and How I Flipped the Script)

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Happy Never After

By: Jill Stark
Narrated by: Jill Stark
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Summary
 What if all the things you’d been told would make you happy were red herrings?

Jill Stark was living the dream. And then it all fell apart. It forced her to ask if she’d been sold a lie. From the ashes of Jill’s epic breakdown and through her own battles with mental-health issues comes this raw, funny, and uplifting exploration of our age of anxiety. Why, she asks, in a western world with more opportunity, choice, and wealth than ever before, are so many of us depressed, anxious, and medicated? When we’ve never had more ways to connect, why do we feel so profoundly disconnected? And could it be that our relentless pursuit of happiness is making us miserable?

Road-testing neuroscience’s latest psychological frontiers in compassion, acceptance, gratitude, play, hope and solitude, Jill turns the happiness fairytale on its head. What would happen if we stopped chasing, stayed still, and found calm and meaning in places we least expected?

“A brilliant intersection between searing personal experience and the wisdom of the elders” HUGH MACKAY, author of The Good Life©2018 Jill Stark (P)2018 W. F. Howes Ltd Anxiety Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Stress Management Happiness Health Meditation Funny
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Really enjoyable insight into mental illness and wellness. As someone who has travelled a similar journey (and apparently read all the same books as the author) I really resonated with this experience

Really enjoyable!

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I purchased this book and for reasons not important I could not finish it - so I managed to get the online copy to which I have finished - I was so sick and tired of hearing about 3 things for this and 10 things for that - I almost didn’t buy the book! OMG if you’ve ever felt alone or bewildered or just want to try and help someone else GET THIS BOOK ❤️ not only has it given me a perspective on someone else it has given me practical ideas that I can and have implement straight away to DO something not just think about it - Jill, thank you for sharing your thoughts, your friends and of course Hamish ( no eviction notices here) loved the humour the frankness and touching reminder that it is ok to feel broken and that we all have a story to tell - I am grateful, and excited that I have the book to reflect on 😊

You’re not alone - Thank you

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I loved it. I can relate all too well
Recommend to all chasing the never achievable online perfect life.

Honest and helpful

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Without ever having had mental illness, Jills story is utterly relatable. A moving, powerful story

Poignant and inspiring

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Really enjoyed listening to Jill Stark, I appreciated her honesty & kander... I'd highly recommend this audibook/book to anyone who has gone through or is going through a difficult time. I can honestly say I've taken a lot of good from this audibook that I'm sure will serve me well in the future... Thank you Jill Stark...

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