Cracking Happiness: A Practical Guide to Good Feelings That Last

Sarah had checked every box— career, relationship, apartment— yet found herself crying every Sunday night. She'd fallen into what licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Jan Seward calls the Happiness Paradox: the harder we chase happiness, the further it slips away. In Cracking Happiness, Dr. Seward offers a research-backed alternative to one-size-fits-all self-help. Drawing on nearly four decades in clinical practice and the happiness class she teaches at the world-renowned Miraval Berkshires resort, she introduces the Four Pillars of Sustainable Happiness— Mind, Body, Connection, and Purpose— and a customizable system readers build gradually, one pillar and one small practice at a time. Positioned alongside recent bestsellers such as Build the Life You Want and The Happy High Achiever, Cracking Happiness distinguishes itself with a licensed therapist's clinical rigor, decades of real client case studies, hands-on assessments in every chapter, and a structured 90-Day Happiness Plan readers complete themselves. Supporting research is consolidated at the back of the book for easy reference. A practical, sustainable framework for happiness that survives real life.