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"What Happy Women Know"
In this innovative book about what brings women happiness, Dr. Dan Baker focuses on the five traps that can compromise happiness and leave women yearning for a better life.
Unlike clinical psychology, which focuses on trying to fix what’s wrong with an individual, positive psychology builds on a person’s natural strengths. The root of most unhappiness, fear, finds a special expression in women, who too often succumb to the happiness traps of perfectionism, wanton wanting, people pleasing, seeking revenge, thinking I’m nothing without X, and overinvesting in their careers.
In "What Happy Women Know," Dr. Baker synthesizes a wide range of current research on how women uniquely respond to life’s slings and arrows and how they can best bounce back from them. The book offers women a compelling set of tools that will help them accept the past and actively move toward a happier future of their own design.
About the Authors
Dan Baker, Ph.D., is a medical psychologist dedicated to the study of human behavior within an organizational setting. For the last 20 years, he has carried out his research in the perfect laboratory — the world-renowned Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Ariz. — where he was the founding director of the award-winning Life Enhancement Program. He is also the best-selling author of "What Happy People Know" and "What Happy Companies Know" and a senior analyst at Talent Plus.
Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., has held leadership positions at two of the world's most recognized consulting firms, CSC's Global Organizational Change Practice and the Accenture Institute for Strategic Change. She has traveled the globe through her work as an organizational consultant and executive coach. She is the co-author of "What Happy Companies Know."
Ina Yalof is a writer with a background as a medical sociologist. She is the author or coauthor of 11 books. She teaches writing for Dartmouth College's ILEAD program.
