😊🍂 Get happy! Build the Life You Want is our September/October Book Club pick
Join us to work on your happiness levels with Oprah and Arthur Brooks this autumn
Hello to a new season 🍂, a new month, and a brand new BOTM to support our autumn theme of happiness (and how to get more of it).
September is the perfect time to harness that back to school energy to make some change, and who doesn’t want to be happier?!
Build the Life You Want by Arthur C Brookes and Oprah Winfrey is our next featured read. It’s a brilliant combination of art and science and shows us that wherever we find ourselves in life right now, there are a ton of things we can do to actively feel better.
“Happiness is not a destination. Happiness is a direction.”
― Build the Life You Want
Through a combination of Arthur’s academic brain and Oprah’s inspiring storytelling this beginner’s guide to emotional self-management introduces us to the three elements needed to create happiness (enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose) as well as the four pillars of happiness that we should be spending our time, attention and energy on, including: family, friendship, work and grace.
About the book, Oprah says:
“I see myself in so much of this book. My hope is that you will see yourself, too. Not just the person you’ve been but the truly happier person you can become. As I follow the principles that Arthur presents, I am becoming happier. I’m actually having fun, too - a word that previously didn’t exist in my vocabulary. And what I know for sure is that happiness multiples when we share it. May this book serve as a reminder to embrace and share yours.”
We’ll be embracing and sharing this book as a community here at the Shelf Help Club for the next two months, where we’ll be working from the author’s official Reading Guide as we work on supporting each other to improve our happiness and build better lives.
There’ll be weekly check-ins and online events including author interviews, expert workshops and monthly book club meetups, and members are also invited to connect via our Thursday Threads and private chat.
All designed to help you stay accountable and supercharge your happiness.
Are you in?!
Toni 💛
(PS I’d love to know your thoughts on the title choice in the Comments…)
Can’t wait 😃
Hi Toni, I haven't had a copy just checking if my subscription has ended?