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  • How to be Sad

  • The Key to a Happier Life
  • By: Helen Russell
  • Narrated by: Helen Russell
  • Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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How to be Sad

By: Helen Russell
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Publisher's Summary

Helen Russell is an expert on the pursuit of happiness. In How to Be Sad, she combines her powerful personal story with surprising research and warm advice to reveal the secret of finding joy: allowing sadness to enrich your life and relationships.

Timely and essential, this book is about how we can better look after ourselves and each other, simply by getting smarter about sadness.

©2021 Helen Russell (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be happier." (Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute)

"So brilliantly researched and written with great energy. And boy, did it make me think – I must have turned down 50 pages to come back to later!" (Pandora Sykes)

"This is such an important subject and we would all be better off if we absorbed Helen’s robust research and kind advice and allowed ourselves to be sad." (Cathy Rentzenbrink)

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