Happy Adults

by Cathy Glass

Number 1 bestselling author, Cathy Glass, shares her experience and expertise gained across 25 years as a foster carer in this brilliantly practical self-help guide for adults, the long-awaited sequel to her much-loved parenting guide that fans of Happy Kids have been clamouring for.

Cathy Glass reveals the secrets of happiness and contentment in adulthood by combining common-sense psychology with tried-and-tested strategies and case studies, always from her own unique and insightful perspective. With practical guidance on how to develop your own optimistic personal philosophy, tips on when to listen to intuition, and attitude and lifestyle suggestions, Happy Adults is the essential manual for getting the best out of life.

The recipient of thousands of letters and emails from readers touched by her inspirational memoirs whose own life stories resonate with those of the children in her care, Cathy has identified the key traits in happy readers that have buoyed them up during harrowing childhoods, through to functional and successful adulthood.

Compiling these valuable lessons on outlook and behaviour, for instance, how to dispel negativity and unproductive anger and embrace empowerment, and the importance of trust in oneself, Cathy has produced a single invaluable handbook for adults seeking fundamental life guidance or useful effective approaches for a lifetime of hope and fulfilment.

Genres: Self Help

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 19, 2012

About the author

Cathy Glass is a bestselling British author, freelance writer and foster carer.
Her work is strongly identified with both the True Life Stories and Inspirational Memoirs genres, and she has also written a parenting guide to bringing up children, Happy Kids, and a novel, The Girl in the Mirror, based on a true story.
Glass has worked as a foster career for more than 20 years, during which time she has fostered more than 50 children. Her fostering memoirs tell the stories of some of the children who came in to her care, many of whom had suffered abuse.
The first title, Damaged, was number 1 in the Sunday Times bestsellers charts in hardback and paperback. Her next three titles, Hidden, Cut and The Saddest Girl in the World, were similarly successful, all reaching the bestseller charts.
The name "Cathy Glass" is a pseudonym for author Lisa Stone.

Reviews

[Nadine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing couldn't put it down

[Rania · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a self help guide targeted towards adults looking for happiness and contentment.

The book includes various topics including goal setting, negative/positive thinking, self confidence, body image etc.

Although I did enjoy the premise of this book, I've decided to give it 3 stars because I felt like I didn't quite learn anything new. The message the author was trying to give to its audience is very much basic and things we have all heard before. She does give tips on how to accomplish certain things which I also think is great but it was nothing eye opening.

I still believe that this was a good read and a great reminder despite having heard majority of the topics discussed in the book.

[Wilde Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book aims to be a “guide” for altering negative behaviours and thought patterns.

Some of the suggestions were quite useful, but I felt I heard all the points before. The case studies shown weren’t convincing.

If you are interested in this book I would suggest you borrow it from a library – it can be read in an evening.

[Sortal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Where are the references? There were no references! There were multiple claims of "research shows that..." without references.

I assumed this would be a personal reflection on resilience and sustaining optimism while working as a foster carer. Bizarrely, it's mostly based on letters Glass has received from fans of her work. Very strange.

[Isabelle Plante · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, Cathy Glass demonstrates very well how much power we can have on our own life, whatever we have gone through as a child. She actually explains how to really become an adult. This book is very helpful, because too many people are physically adults but still think and act as children.

It is almost impossible to always act as an adult, particularly when we are submerged by emotions, but the methods Cathy Glass propose to get out if that are easy to apply and efficient.

For all these reasons, I definitely recommend this book.

[Coley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided not to read the whole of this book after not being impressed by happy kids, I had taken them both as a borrow from the library at the same time and decided to go and return them and collect my usual proper story’s by Cathy glass which I had reserved. Don’t think I gave it much chance, but I like to read a true stories and not advice personally.

[Flo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good how-to book if you're feeling overwhelmed by life. This book will remind you how to be a happy adult.

[Jenny Hicks · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice little listen but I expected a more realistic approach from Cathy Glass and found it rather idealistic and patronising in parts. Still, some good reminders and tips.

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple but good read and a good reminder as some of the things said are often taken for granted in practice; e.g. taking responsibility for your own life, thinking and acting positively, setting goals; diet, exercise and sleep