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Good ideas for living your best life, if not overly practical.

Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Dan Buettner

June 12, 2022 by kniki Leave a Comment

I put this on hold at the library ages ago – it must still be really popular even though it was first published in 2010 (why does it still freak me out that 2010 was TWELVE years ago?!). Anyway, I wanted to read it because I’ve read a bunch of other stuff by Dan Buettner and listened to him being interviewed a few times and he just sounds like a really cool guy. Thrive starts off with a chapter about the ‘truth’ of happiness – […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Dan Buettner

kniki's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Dan Buettner ·
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How to live a longer, healthier life with 9 strategies

The blue zones: lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest by Dan Buettner

March 5, 2022 by kniki Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s just because I read this in January, you know, that time of year when we all get excited about what we can do to better ourselves… or maybe it’s just because I really enjoy reading Dan Buettner’s research on centenarians alongside real life stories. In any case, here I am again with a review of another book about Blue Zones. In this book, evidence and data about the healthiest and longest lived people are given expression through the stories of individuals who epitomise […]

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kniki's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Dan Buettner ·
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You can’t guarantee your own happiness but you can stack the odds in your favour

The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World's Happiest People by Dan Buettner

January 20, 2022 by kniki Leave a Comment

This well researched book shares the secrets behind the happiest places to live in the world and strategies for us all to add to our pleasure, purpose and pride – the 3 pillars of happiness. There are plenty of lessons for politicians on designing happy communities, as well as for individuals on what you can do in your community, family life and inner life to stack the odds of achieving happiness in your favour. It seems the trick is to set up your environment so […]

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kniki's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: Dan Buettner ·
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