{"id":14871,"date":"2025-05-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14871"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T14:31:55","slug":"philosophy-can-help-you-become-seriously-happy-by-ben-aldridge-ya-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14871","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy can help you become SERIOUSLY HAPPY, by Ben Aldridge (YA nonfiction)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are you happy right now?
What about your happiness level for the week?
How can you live a better life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In the modern world, we have a big problem – a lot of us aren’t particularly happy,” (p.10) like this author who set out to shift his mindset into a happier mode by studying world philosophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, you must define what happiness means to you, then uncover how living a good life is easier when you gain mental and emotional skills to weather its ups and downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of this book for teens are big lessons from ten philosophies: Zen, the Cynics, the Socratic School, Taoism, the Stoics, Aristotle, Buddhism, Epicurus, the Stoics again, and other ancient philosophers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can grow your resilience by studying the tenets of Buddhism, become seriously confident with advice from the Cynics, and power up your focus by studying Zen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author discusses each philosophy’s strengths in relation to living a good and balanced life, weaving in his experiences and reflections on seeking out different philosophical paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each chapter ends with a set of challenges so you can interact more fully with that philosophy – walk a banana down the street (the Cynics), learn a challenging skill (the Stoics), get into the great outdoors (Taoism) – and see what its tenets might bring to your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When are you seriously happy and why?
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Book info:<\/strong> Seriously Happy: 10 Life-Changing Philosophy Lessons From Stoicism to Zen to Supercharge Your Mindset \/ Ben Aldridge. Quarto Publishing\/Holler, 2024. [author site https:\/\/www.benaldridge.com\/book<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/quarto.com\/books\/9780711297807\/seriously-happy<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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