April 19th, 2017: A new book from Dubai-based professor, Dr. Louise Lambert, has revealed a simple set of strategies for daily life that can help to achieve the ultimate state of happiness.
‘A New Year, A New You’ is a practical workbook that guides happiness seekers through 52 tried and tested techniques to achieve contentment and well being. Drawing upon extensive research in the field, the book also reveals what science has to say about the road map to happiness.
The book’s author, Dr. Lambert, is a professor of positive psychology at Canadian University Dubai.With over 15 years of experience in the field, she has already developed and delivered three evidence-based positive psychology intervention programs and launched the region’s first academic journal on the subject.
Speaking about her latest publication, she explained, “The book includes activities like the well-known gratitude letter and savouring, but also lesser known strategies like satisficing, dealing with psychological adaptation, self-compassion, capitalization, giving, and taking a social media retreat. Each strategy is simple, to the point, and involves concrete actions or ideas to reflect upon and write about.”
The book comes as His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announces the creation of a World Happiness Council to support international efforts in the pursuit of happiness. As the first country in the world to appoint a minister for happiness, the UAE has recently been revealed as the happiest country among Arab nations and continues to pursue a raft of initiatives to promote the agenda.
“It was important to me as a psychologist, researcher and professor to ensure that the strategies were well-evidenced and grounded in the science of positive psychology. In this manner, the strategies enable individuals to achieve a long-term sustainable state of happiness versus merely just feeling better for a moment in time.”
While the UAE sets out to takes the lead at on happiness at a global level, Dr. Lambert’s book aims to help individuals take their own actions to achieve personal satisfaction. Starting out by helping readers to define what happiness means to them, it goes on to reveal how everyday activities and interactions can have a positive impact on our personal outlook.
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