DescriptionPollyanna, an expert at her favorite "Glad Game" of always looking at the bright side in her numerous trials, is one of the most popular and enduring characters in all of children's literature. As Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her strict and dutiful maiden aunt, she exclaims, "Oh, Aunt Polly, I don't know how to be glad enough that you let me come to live with you!" And from this point she begins to bring cheer into everybody's life, including the sick, the lonely, and the just plain miserable. All are transformed until one day when something so terrible happens that even Pollyanna doesn't know how to feel glad anymore.
DescriptionFrom the authors of Change Your Underwear, Change Your Life, come some simple techniques for developing an optimistic attitude and lifestyle. This audio guide clearly proves - citing research and examples - how optimism boosts your health, wealth, happiness, career, and personal life. Dr. Michael Mercer and Dr. Maryann Troiani are speakers, authors, psychologists, and a loving couple. They regularly appear on national television and radio shows, including Oprah.
DescriptionMeditations and prayers to heal the body, mind, and soul. This is a wonderful way to begin and end each day.
DescriptionYou can acquire optimism and significantly improve your life! Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How often do you take on exciting new projects or celebrate your successes? Now psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, one of the world's experts on motivation, shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts. Learned Optimism shows you how to: Attain maximum personal achievement Boost your mood - and your immune system - with healthful thoughts Help your children by practicing the patterns of thought that encourage optimism at an early age Change your interior dialogue and experience the astonishing positive results