'Happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job, a soon-to-be published book and the perfect guy. But Cooper isn't happy. Forced to face a plagiarism accusation, life-changing betrayals and her traumatic past, can Cooper navigate her own path to happiness?
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'Happiness guru' Dr Cooper Hunziker has it all - a dream job, a soon-to-be published book and the perfect guy. But Cooper isn't happy. Forced to face a plagiarism accusation, life-changing betrayals and her traumatic past, can Cooper navigate her own path to happiness?
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Happiness guru Dr. Cooper Hunziker should be beyond happy with the job she has strived for, the ââ?¬Å"perfect manââ?¬Â?, and a self-help book, The Happiness Connection, soon to be released. Being an assistant psychology professor at Yale University is more ruthless than she imagined as 3 then 4 people are fighting for one tenured position. Add to that, Cooper has been accused of plagiarism for a quiz she published in a magazine. A quiz that launched her into writing her book.
A good thing about her job is that Cooper was assigned to co-lead a happiness group at the New Haven Library. It starts out a little rocky but soon friendships bloom with the woman in the group. She may learn more from them than they learn from her. It�s time to reevaluate her life. She deserves to be happy and wisdom is received from an unusual source.
Ms. Burdette steps into alter ego shoes as a clinical psychologist and away from her cozy mystery chops to deliver a novel that makes you think about your own life as we follow Cooper through hers. Each chapter begins with a quote from Cooper�s book, The Happiness Connection, attributed to a real-life expert.
Dr. Laurie Santos like to say there are two things in life, the stuff you can control and the stuff you can�t.
Cooper Hunziker is a conundrum â�" she writes about happiness but she isnâ��t happy. The focus of her research is mother-infant attachment but she lost her student assistant and appears to be in no hurry to replace them. She also has a class to teach but doesnâ��t prepare. She is nervous about doing a book tour with interviews and signings but her anxieties are off the charts. She needs to take the advice in her book.
I was so happy that Cooper was assigned to the library happiness group. She met women who were also unhappy with their lives for different reasons. Antimony, Betty, and Linda were struggling as was Cooperââ?¬â?¢s co-leader, Judd. The meetings took Cooperââ?¬â?¢s focus off herself and opened her up to some true friendships. The members of the group were complex with complicated lives like most people in real life. Cooperââ?¬â?¢s life has not been easy either, her father ââ?¬Å"bailedââ?¬Â? on her and her mother but left her with family legacy pressure. We also met her half-sister and her stepmother who were not what I expected. I enjoyed how everyone grew throughout the story.
Ms. Burdette doesn�t completely leave her mystery roots behind as there are mysteries to solve in this story. Why did her department chair and his assistant treat her so poorly? His assistant was the worst. And how did she plagiarize a magazine she had never heard of?
The author touches on several different issues in this book â�" mental illness, divorce, big-time betrayal, loss of a loved one, self-sabotage, and more. As I said, the people in the story are dealing with real-life everyday things and they can run the gambit.
The Ingredients of Happiness is a book the author says has ââ?¬Å"percolated for fifteen yearsââ?¬Â?. It is a book that challenges the reader to take in Cooperââ?¬â?¢s journey to find happiness but to examine our own lives for ways to strengthen our happiness. Many of the chapter quotes resonated with me. With so many stresses in our lives today sometimes something as simple as:
ââ?¬Å"Gratitude can do a lot to boost happiness.ââ?¬Â? Sonya Lyubomirski study shows ââ?¬Å"people who actively expressed optimism and gratitude felt happier and less depressed than those who didnââ?¬â?¢t.ââ?¬Â?
I know it can be hard to find things to be grateful for or optimistic about with all that is happening these days, but reading Cooperââ?¬â?¢s story I see that gratitude for some simple things or people in your life can ââ?¬Å"reset your stress buttonââ?¬Â?. There is another quote about that too.
I was unable to read this book when it was released but while reading and after I finished I realized I read it at a perfect time for me.
