Happy Together

Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts

By: Suzann Pileggi Pawelski MAPP, James O. Pawelski PhD

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

In fairy tales, lasting love just happens. But in real life, healthy habits are what build happiness over the long haul. Happy Together, written by positive psychology experts and husband-and-wife team Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James O. Pawelski, is the first book on using the principles of positive psychology to create thriving romantic relationships. Combining extensive scientific research and real-life examples, this book will help you find and feed the good in yourself and your partner. You will learn to develop key habits for building and sustaining long-term love by:

• Promoting a healthy passion
• Prioritizing positive emotions
• Mindfully savoring experiences together
• Seeking out strengths in each other

Through easy-to-follow methods and fun exercises, you'll learn to strengthen your partnership, whether you're looking to start a relationship off on the right foot, weather difficult times, reignite passion, or transform a good marriage into a great one.

©2018 Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James O. Pawelski (P)2018 Tantor

Critic reviews

" Happy Together is one of the most powerful books on relationships I have ever read." (Tom Rath, number-one New York Times best-selling author)

I had high hopes but just found it so boring

and the reader so monotonous. maybe it would be better in written form. I could not get through it.

Hour after hour of list after list

This book is really difficult to do through audio. The authors reference numerous studies and researchers, referencing multiple lists and techniques. It ends up reading like a meta analysis of all research in the field that might be interesting to a graduate student writing s research paper, but difficult for someone to follow in their daily commute to work.

Off-track

The author spends too much time on Greek philosophy and makes too many assertions. I was hoping for a practical guide but instead I merely got fuzzy thinking, appeals to so called authorities, and references to movies