02365cam a2200313 i 4500 1148909501 TxAuBib 20240222120000.0 230630s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023030992 9780593418949 HRD 29.00 0593418948 HRD 29.00 (OCoLC)1380385869 TxAuBib rda Varma, Sue,. Practical optimism : the art, science, and practice of exceptional well-being / Sue Varma, MD. New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2024] xi, 324 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Through the author's work with patients and combining philosophy, her own personal experience, and a review of the latest research in psychology, psychiatry, medicine, and neuroscience, Dr. Varma discovered that cultivating an optimistic mindset that stays tethered to the real world helps us make sound and reasonable decisions. Practical Optimism is Dr. Varma's powerful program with eight pillars to help all of us experience a sense of meaning, mastery, and self-acceptance and create lives filled with joy and purpose. Optimists, research has shown, are not just happier and more successful, but physically healthier. And if you're a natural-born pessimist? No problem: the most vital piece of the Practical Optimism program is that it is a practice, a skillset that we can choose to adopt and get better at every day. This book isn't about magical thinking. Practical optimists are resourceful, realistic, and thoughtful problem solvers who possess something of rare value: the inner resources to cope during a crisis and to use as fuel to flourish. Complete with self-assessment quizzes and exercises, Practical Optimism will help us all see the world for the better and reach our true potential. Practical Optimism is a scientific and tangible pathway to boosting health, happiness, resilience, success, and longevity"-- Provided by publisher. 20240303. jz. Optimism. Attitude (Psychology.) Well-being.