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Keys to a Contented Life

From Science, Monks & My Mother

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Keys to a Contented Life

By: Mary Flaherty
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“This book is a gem. Brim full of sound advice on how make our lives more fulfilling, enhance our wellbeing, and strengthen our resilience. Mary Flaherty has drawn on her encyclopaedic knowledge of psychology, neuroscience, and literature, as well as her vast experience as a life coach and yoga teacher to bring us the beautifully written book. It will be of interest to everyone who wants to live life to the max.” (Alan Carr, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University College Dublin
Author of: Positive Psychology: The science of wellbeing and human strengths, and Positive Psychology and You)

"A comprehensive and thought-provoking overview of the potential power of more optimistic thinking" (Professor Niall Tubridy, Neurologist, Author of Just One More Question: Stories from a Life in Neurology)

Mary Flaherty, a veteran psychologist, yogi, meditator and seasoned traveller, shares and distils her vast knowledge to teach us how to make the best of our lives and our minds.

This book helps us to navigate and untie our complex and tangled inner lives with 12 proven “Keys to a Contented Life”. Each of them is presented in accessible language, using stories from scientific studies, monks and mystics, her own mother’s wisdom and a myriad of fascinating facts from psychology.

The listener is left with a set of practical tools that they can integrate into their lives immediately to help them be more content and retrain their brains, learning to nudge their perspectives into healthier and happier positions. Interspersed among the 12 “Keys to a Contented Life”, the reader is introduced to some mind-blowing (and mind-changing) insights on how our brains work, helping us understand both ourselves and others.

This is a book to come back to again and again. It’s real contribution to this field is its simplicity. Whilst acknowledging that life can be difficult and stressful, Mary’s book delivers the “Keys” for changing our brains and learning to be content, into our own hands. The author’s original cartoons help the reader to further enjoy the journey.

This book is a must-listen for anyone looking to understand how their mind works and how to use that information to make the most of their life.

©2023 Mary Flaherty (P)2023 Mary Flaherty
Personal Success Psychology Inspiring Human Brain

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A gem

This book is brim full of evidence based practical and useful suggestions for living a contented life. It is well researched, packed with interesting quotes and information and presented in an accessible, entertaining manner, delightfully narrated by the author. I feel happier already!

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