5 Books to Genuinely Increase Your Happiness This Year

Timeless wisdom to help you give less f*cks, deal with pain, hone your creativity, and lighten up.

Julia Horvath
Ascent Publication

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Self-help books sell like hotcakes because most of them suck. People spend a large amount of time reading them, only to painfully discover there’s no shortcut, formula, and Secret™ that’ll deliver them from their misery. Then, they turn to the next one.

I’m one of those people. Fascinated by the science and concept of happiness and our relentless pursuit of it, like you, I too want to be happy.

We all want to be content, masters (not slaves) of our emotions and find delight in the little things of life. Nevertheless, trivialities send many of us into raging despair while we’re sadly unequipped for disturbing events of a bigger magnitude.

In the past years, I read 100+ books about personal development so you don’t have to. They all promised me happiness and a powerful arsenal to battle hardships. Most of them didn’t keep their word.

In the end, I resurfaced with these five shining diamonds from my deep dive into self-help and they made it all worth it.

These books help me deal with pain, unhappiness, unworthiness, and so much more, long after I read the last page…

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Julia Horvath
Ascent Publication

I run The Self-Letter: 1 weekly email with powerful ideas to help you get to know yourself better and cultivate self-awareness.💡✨ linktr.ee/juliho