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Author Baird, Julia, author

Title Phosphorescence : on awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark / Julia Baird
Published Sydney, NSW : Fourth Estate, 2020

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 WATERFT  158 Bai/Poa  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  158 Bai/Poa  AVAILABLE
 MELB  158 Bai/Poa  AVAILABLE
 W'BOOL  158 Bai/Poa  DUE 26-04-24
Description 310 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Contents Awe, wonder and silence -- We are all wiggly -- Walking each other home -- Invincible summer
Summary Over the last decade, we have become better at knowing what brings us contentment, well-being and joy. We know, for example, that there are a few core truths to science of happiness. We know that being kind and altruistic makes us happy, that turning off devices, talking to people, forging relationships, living with meaning and delving into the concerns of others offer our best chance at achieving happiness. But how do we retain happiness? It often slips out of our hands as quickly as we find it. So, when we are exposed to, or learn, good things, how do we continue to burn with them? And more than that, when our world goes dark, when we're overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, how do we survive, stay alive or even bloom? In the muck and grit of a daily existence full of disappointments and a disturbing lack of control over many of the things that matter most - finite relationships, fragile health, fraying economies, a planet in peril - how do we find, nurture and carry our own inner, living light - a light to ward off the darkness?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Mindfulness (Psychology)
Contentment
Peace of mind
Self-care, Health
Happiness -- Psychological aspects
Happiness
Contentment.
Mindfulness (Psychology)
Peace of mind.
Self-care, Health.
Happiness.
Happiness -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Self-help publications.
Self-help publications.
ISBN 9781460757154
1460757157
Other Titles Phosphorescence. On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark