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Finding Unshakable Happiness (The Unshakable Happiness Trilogy #2)

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What is happiness? And how can we choose it, even in the face of great challenge or conflict?

In this wide-ranging and insightful collection of essays, 25 experts in the happiness field explore what it is to find, to create, to see, to be… happiness!

Starting with the science of happiness itself, readers are taken on a journey of exploration and insight. Along the way you will delve into exploring:

What is happiness?
How to increase positive emotions
The art of living with intention
The process of truly engaging in life
Living with full hearted love and resilience

The world can feel a truly challenging place, especially in light of current events such as climate change, COVID, violence in the streets, wild politics, personal struggle only you can understand, and so much more. However, if we know anything from studying the science of happiness, it isn't so much about what happens around you, it is how you ultimately choose to respond.

You have the keys to happiness within you. ??Quietly listen, you will hear the whispers of your soul gently calling you to your best life, a life filled with unshakable happiness. "You hold the power to be the Change." It starts within you, and it starts now with Unshakeable Happiness. Pick up your copy today.

About the Author

Donna Martire Miller M.S. CIPP is devoted to teaching, writing, and speaking on subjects that increase happiness and make life worth living! Her career has been devoted to facilitating educational growth in both traditional and non-traditional settings. She holds a Master's degree in Counseling and human resource development. Donna is certified in Positive Psychology from Kripalu with Wholebeing Institute, where she then became a teacher's assistant under the Harvard Professor Tal Ben Shahar. She is also certified in Positive Psychology Coaching, Teaching for Transformation, Mindfulness, and Strength-based practices through UPenn, VIA, and Wholebeing Institutes. She has additional certification in Women's Wellness and Meditation from Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and UCLA. Donna trained with Kripalu Faculty Megha Nancy Buttenhiem graduated from "Let Your Yoga Dance" as an instructor. This art form connects the tenants of positive psychology in mind /bodywork, moving through the energy centers. Donna has an adjunct professorship at the University of Bridgeport where she teaches Wellness and Happiness. She is an international Key Note speaker, trainer, and presenter at National Conferences. Donna developed and held The Executive Director position for 30 years at HELP FOR KIDS a positive parenting, family-strengthening Center in Southern Connecticut. As the executive director of a nationally affiliated social services agency, she has worked with large private and public organizations in developing practices and strategies to support more successful interventions that focus on the organization's strengths. She has worked with people of all ages and cultures to optimize their health and well–being, to thrive, and to become sustainably happier. Founder of Happily Ever Actions ™ she along with her team of happiness professionals provides people with actionable strategies, thought-provoking insights, and evidence-based tools toward optimal living. She considers her greatest accomplishment to be motherhood and enjoys spending time with her adult children and grandchildren. When Donna is not co-writing and authoring her books on Happily Ever Actions, she can be found teaching meditation, let your yoga dance, or singing with a blues band! Joseph Bologna lives in Connecticut, where he enjoys his family, photography, and writing. From a very early age, he began to create the path that would take him around the world as a photographer. Currently, he has expanded his reach as an author. He is a founding partner in Happily Ever Actions, a business that teaches happiness and wellbeing strategies.

Joseph has visited 26 countries and has taken over 90,000 photos. His work can be seen in travel magazines, private companies, and businesses. He has been peer awarded numerous times and is considered a top 10 popular photographer in View Bug. His recent accomplishments include the summer of 2020 People's Choice Award, the 2020 Top Shot, and the 2021 Top Shot, Elite Awards. He is currently collaborating on a 3-book series featuring selected photographs and original writings. Founder, Whole Being Institute International best-selling author Psychologist, Consultant, Inspira?ional Speaker Hanna Perlberger is the founder of the Shalom Bayit Project, a worldwide movement devoted to helping Jewish singles and couples transform their lives by learning the skills that nurture constructive and positive relationships with self and others. Shawn Fink is the host of The Brave Yes, a podcast that explores the intersections of resilience and authenticity. She is a Brave Life and Leadership Coach. Sue Knight Deutsch is an author and internationally acclaimed speaker specializing in end of life conversations, as well as an ICF credentialed coach. She holds a Certificate in Positive Psychology through the Wholebeing Institute. Jane S. Anderson is the founder of Strength Based Living, LLC, a business dedicated to helping people craft their work and lives around their character strengths. She is a seasoned positive psychology practitioner, workshop facilitator, speaker, and coach. Alice Dommert is the Founder and CEO of Prasada and a Wholebeing Architect with a unique background as a licensed architect and exhibit designer, writer, speaker, and consultant with training in yoga, mindfulness, breathwork, positive psychology, and organizational development. Christine E. Agaibi received Masters and Doctorate training in Counseling Psychology in Ohio. She is the current Chair of the Special Interest Group on Religious and Spiritual Issues in Counseling Psychology in the American Psychological Association's (APA) Counseling Psychology Division. She is a renowned speaker, presenter, and expert in the field. Dr. Susan Neustrom is a life, leadership, and career coach, Compassion Cultivation Trainer, and author of The Comfort Zone Illusion - Leaving Your Comfort Zone is Not So Hard After All. She is dedicated to helping people take control of planned and unplanned change, eliminate fear, uncertainty and anxiety, and ignite self-motivation for life-long success and happiness. Dawn Stidd is an Advanced Vinyasa Yoga instructor, and also holds certifications in Kids Yoga, SUP Yoga, and a 75 hour advanced training from Laughing Lotus. In addition, Dawn holds a Certificate in Positive Psychology and split her time teaching between Vermont and New York. James DiPisa has been a licensed psychologist for 40 years, with teaching experience in the public schools and Positive Psychology courses. Presently, he is retired and living in Massachusetts with his wife, Liz. Lisa Bailey Sullivan is a wife, mom, recovering marketing exec, and C-3PO (Chief Compassion, Courage & Positivity Officer) of her crazy-happy life. She is certified in Positive Psychology through The Wholebeing Institute and a graduate of The Happiness Studies Academy. She is trained in Google's Search Inside Yourself Program and a certified Let Your Yoga Dance teacher. She is the founder of Camp Atta Girl, an empowering retreat that helps women rediscover their voice, self-love and joy. Phoebe Atkinson is a licensed clinical social worker, certified coach and board-certified trainer, educators, and practitioner in psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. She serves on the faculty of the Wholebeing Institute (WBI) Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology and has mentored WBI's teaching assistants. Nancy Polsky
Nancy Polsky is a leadership coach, speaker and award-winning leader in corporate learning who specializes in expanding employee and organizational capabilities through leadership and talent development. Erin Crosby resides in Northern Virginia where she works as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in helping women of all ages regain or develop their confidence and feel empowered in their lives. She has a Masters of Research in Psychology and Masters of Social Work. Erin holds a Certificate in Positive Psychology for the Wholebeing Institute. Slava Madorsky
Slava Madorsky is the founder of Grow Unstuck, LLC, where she offers her services as a presenter, trainer, and certified life coach. Slava specializes in the positive psychology approach to wellbeing, specifically in areas of stress-management, burnout, vicarious trauma, goal achievement and intuitive eating. Christine R. Donnolo is the founder of Aging Well Coach, blending her professional business and educational experience with training, teaching, and coaching in wellness and Aging Well. Christine has an MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a BBA in Marketing/Management. She holds certificates in RYT500-hour and 2---hour teacher training, Ayurveda Specialist; Wholebeing Positive Psychology; Two-year Acting program, and a Registered Financial Gerontologist. Joanne Travers is a graduate of the Wholebeing Institute's Certificate in Positive Psychology. She has embraced hope and optimism of the inclusion of aural deaf and hard of hearing children throughout the world, establishing a parent network in her home state of Massachusetts, and incorporating an international charity called Partners for a Greater Voice. She has published the book Coaching and Empowering Caregivers of Children With Hearing Loss, An Approach to Foster Wellbeing. Cate Conti is a Health and Happiness Advocate. Her work helps people make changes in their lives to Healthier, Happier, and More Fulfilled ON PURPOSE, and her design work helps them stay sane. She is a graduate of the Whole Being Institute's Certificate in Positive Psychology Course, and holds additional certifications in Positive Psychology Coaching and Teaching For Transformations. She is also a graduate of programs in Mind-Body Stress Reduction and Resilience Skills in the Time of Uncertainty. She is certified to teach art and yoga Megan Nancy Butternheim is CJO (Chief Joy Officer) and Founding Director of Let Your Yoga Dance, LLC. She is on the faculty of the Wholebeing Institute and has been teaching there since its inception in 2011. She has served as a senior faculty member and teacher trainer at Kripalu and teaches zoom classes in Let Your Yoga Dance, as well as gentle yoga and qigong. Natalie Hoerner is a Positive Psychology Coach and the founder of Gifts of Gratitude, LLC. Natalies mission is to help others live happier, more meaningful lives through the power of gratitude. She hopes her efforts will serve as a beacon of light, hope, love, and peace in the world. Andrea Cashman, 500hr Certified Yoga Teacher is passionate about helping her students discover the physical, emotional and spiritual balance of Yoga and Mediation while maintaining a light-hearted and safe environment. Andrea works at studios, schools, senior centers, and corporations, as well as offering private classes, retreats and workshops. Lori Tuominen loves to learn, laugh, and connect with others. She is currently the Program Manager for the Pruitt Center for Mindfulness and Well-Being at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she teachers Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and other proactive/preventative methods of improving mental health and well-being. Lori completed the Certificate in Positive Psychology and is a credentialed coach with the International Coach Federation. She is the author of the award-winning picture book Ways to be from A to Z. Amy Rogers is a school counselor in Connecticut, focusing on the college admission process and the progression from high school to college. She has spent her career supporting others through transition and is a certified Design Your Life Coach who helps young adults map and pursue their professional goals. Linda Jackson's mission and calling are to teach as many people as possible practices that nurture and build our positive wellbeing, health, and happiness. She is an acupuncturist, herbalist, author, and wellness coach in private practice in Great Barrington, MA. She holds a Master's Degree in both Education and Oriental Medicine, as well as certification in Positive Psychology and Life Coaching. Linda is a founding member of Kripalu Center. Wendy McLean is an entrepreneur who has created Everyone's Wisdom, Conscious Parenting Seminars and Pencil Portraits. Everyone's Wisdom is a web-based platform under development for curating the knowledge, connections, and collaborations that enable the best in humanity. Dr. Samantha Eagle is founder and Medical Director of Biologic Healthcare in Brattleboro, VT. She has a Naturopathic Medical Doctorate and a Master's Degree in Human Nutrition. Her focus on Functional and Lifestyle Medicine with an integrative approach. She provides specialty care for digestive/nutritional issues, rheumatic conditions and weight normalization.