365 Health & Happiness Boosters:

by M.J. Ryan

The Pursuit of Happiness Starts Within“By giving us daily happiness activities that touch our hearts and souls, M.J. Ryan empowers each of us to experience the joy of living.”—Jackie Waldman, author of The Courage to Give

Daily tasks to improve how you feel—mind, body, and spirit—from the bestselling author of Attitudes of Gratitude.

From M.J. Ryan, bestselling author and international expert on change and personal fulfillment, comes 365 Health & Happiness Boosters to help in your pursuit of happiness, so you can choose to be happy no matter who you are or the challenges you face.

Develop an attitude of gratitude. When a person thinks happy thoughts, those thoughts project outward and that feeling transfers to others. One third of the population knows the secret to happiness is an inside job—not contingent on possessions, status, or even life circumstances, and research shows it leads to better health. 

We can all choose to be happy. In 365 Health & Happiness Boosters, a book of daily reflections, M.J. Ryan lays a path for the pursuit of happiness by employing a wide variety of spiritual, emotional and practical suggestions.

Discover 365 ways to experience happiness. Some of the tasks are lighthearted, others quite serious. They all have a positive effect and contribute to inner peace. 

Learn

Cultivate contentment and change your outlook on the art of happinessLift your spirit in the moment and build inner peaceAddress eating habits and develop better sleeping patternsImprove interactions with others through meditating on happy thoughts and doing random acts of kindness

If you enjoyed The Happiness Advantage, How Happiness Happens, the Happiness Workbook, or other M.J. Ryan books such as Attitudes of Gratitude or Random Acts of Kindness Then & Now, then 365 Health & Happiness Boosters should be your next read.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 29, 2000

About the author

MJ Ryan is one of the creators of the New York Times bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series and the author of The Happiness Makeover (nominated for the 2005 Books for Better Living award in the Motivational category), Attitudes of Gratitude, The Power of Patience, Trusting Yourself, The Giving Heart, and 365 Health and Happiness Boosters, among other titles. Altogether, there are 1.75 million copies of her titles in print.

Reviews

[Amy Smith]

I’m a sucker for the “365-daily reads” types of books and loved the idea of the promise of this title to offer 365 health and happiness boosters, but it was so filled with typos, misspellings, random words thrown in that made no sense, and sentences that were split into two paragraphs mid-way through that it was too hard for me to read.

The actual tips weren’t that enlightening, either; build a sandcastle, go skinny dipping, call a friend and read a chapter of a book out loud to her (🤔), have a food fight in your kitchen, plant a sweet potato, put your underwear in the freezer, play with blocks, stay in bed all day. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Plus, something about her suggesting taking different kinds of supplements over and over and over again rubbed me the wrong way.

[{erika}]

There are some truly good gems in here: things for further reflection or great insight. It was by no means most of the book. Unlike my experience with other Ryan books, this was was more dated and religious than usual and contained too many supplement and dietary recommendations. The beneficial parts were maybe 25% and that is what I'm choosing to focus on. Not worth a buy. Especially hard to follow after I just finished Eff this Meditation which was suprising remarkable.

[Cheryl Miller]

Wonderful little book!

I have read this book daily over the past year and plan to “rewind” and read it again in 2019. There is a variety of topics, all related to helping folks be mindful and intentional about finding their own version of health, peace, and connections with others.

[Barbara]

I'm searching for a 365-day book of inspirations for my journal thoughts.

This is interesting, but it's just the author's thoughts.

I'm still looking for 365-day quotations/inspirations from a bigger group of writers.

[Cecilia Chiolero]

Loved every page.

I will start it over again. Great everyday thoughts. I was looking forward to my daily appointment with this book.

[Joey]

I would rate it 3.5. It is a typical self-help book to get out of depression. Many of the advices are useful I am sure. However perhpas because of I not being in depression mode, I do not endorse all the messages.

[Emily Mellow]

this book would make a good calendar with tear out pages. I'm having trouble getting into it, but it does have some neat ideas. So: good ideas, but bad format for actually reading.