Happier Now

How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)

By: Nataly Kogan

Narrated by: Nataly Kogan

“Nataly's passion is contagious and persuades us that happiness might be possible even when life is hard.” —Shawn Achor, New York Times bestselling author of Big Potential and The Happiness Advantage

“Happier Now will feed your soul and nourish your mind. Expect inspiration, practical advice, and greater confidence that true, lasting happiness is within reach.” —Elena Brower, author of Practice You

Do you find yourself stuck in the “I’ll be happy when . . .” trap, believing that achievements or big life changes are what will bring you lasting happiness?

In Happier Now, nationally recognized emotional health expert Nataly Kogan shares her lifelong struggle of searching for the elusive “big happy” to how she finally made the essential mindset shifts that allowed her to live with more self-compassion, joy, and meaning.

Nataly redefines happiness as a skill that anyone can cultivate. She shares a wealth of simple, science-backed practices—used successfully by more than a million people—so you can experience more joy in ordinary moments and greater resilience when times get tough.

Nataly’s approach is grounded and practical. You won’t be asked to make difficult, time-consuming changes or gloss over life’s very real challenges. Rather, you’ll learn five core skills—and the science behind them—so you can feel more joy and less stress in your daily life.

Highlights include:
• 3 mindset shifts to make happiness and emotional health a reality
• Why happiness doesn’t mean being positive all the time
• Research and tips to help you practice self-compassion
• Daily Anchors—a custom set of practices to help you cultivate joy daily
• The 5-Minute Happier Workout—for whenever you need a boost
• Strengthen your “emotional immune system”— develop resilience for when times are tough

Filled with accessible, science-based exercises and inspiring stories, Happier Now will help you bring more happiness and meaning into your life, beginning today.

Happiness

I fully enjoyed segments of this book, mostly the second half. I thought Nataly spent too much time talking about her own life. Too much. Almost sounded like her autobiography. I’m also an immigrant & still it was too much. I thought the focus on the second half of the book on the 5 practices for happiness & examples of situations faced by others is what made the book valuable. I fully enjoyed the book starting around chapter 5 or 6.

Exactly what I needed

This book was recommended to me by a dear friend when we opened up to each other about our struggles. I have tried my whole life to suppress negative feels cause I thought they were a waste. I have focused so much on staying positive, this was the reminder that I needed to give myself permission to feel those “negative” feelings, they are not good or bad, just additional feelings in the complex amount of feelings we feel as humans. Thank you for sharing this wonderful book.

Very good points

Excellent ideas on how to improve your life and overall satisfaction and happiness. Any that you try out may help you in the future.

This book will turn your life around ... TODAY!

For the past 40 years, I've had the pleasure of working with some very inspirational and motivational individuals. Many of these people have written books that I have read. For the most part, I read these books once and then put it on the shelf. Such was not the case with "Happier Now! The fact that the majority of my library consists of audiobooks, allows me to listen to my books on while I am working, driving or exercising. When I purchased this book last Friday, I had no idea how much value I would find in its content. Since that time, over the past three days, I have listened to the entire book on three different occasions. On every "listening," I have found yet another useful self-improvement tool that I could apply immediately. Not only is this book a story about an amazing human being who has conquered many obstacles in her lifetime, but through her own experience, has created a fresh and unique approach on how to "reset and rethink" one's life from a totally unique perspective. The author, Nataly Kogan, personally narrates her book with a cheerful lighthearted and energetic delivery. Nataly gives the reader a very genuine insight into how she has applied the principles that she outlines in the chapters and how they can work for anyone. My intention is to gift this outstanding publication to may of my friends and family members and encourage them ALL to download the corresponding mobile app to obtain the maximum benefit. Have a trip scheduled for this week and I am looking forward to listening to Nataly's book yet AGAIN in flight!

Could not relate to her story.

I could listen to about the first hour. Most of what she said I could not relate too. I am not a Russian immigrant, and an over achiever at this point in my life. Maybe if I listened to the whole book I might have gotten something out of it like stopping to chase perfection and embrace everyday moments. I just had enough of listening to her talk about herself.