Marc Chernoff - Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Reality, and Turn Your Trials into Triumphs

A powerful and easy-to-read tour of what it means to be a human being. Marc and Angel shine a personally and psychologically practical light on the surprising ways in which we distract ourselves from what matters most in life, through good times and bad. Getting Back to Happy is a must-read guide for getting back on track.

Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author of The School of Greatness and The Mask of Masculinity

If you are skeptical of those who say they can help you transform a painful, troubled life into one of fulfillment and peace, you need to know Angel and Marc Chernoff. Getting Back to Happy feels like an enlightening heart-to-heart conversation with wise and loving mentors. Through inspiring anecdotes and practical strategies, Angel and Marc lay out the step-by-step revolutionary process that allowed them to move from despair and desolation to hope and positivity. Getting Back to Happy is much more than one couples journey from rock bottom; it is a familiar hand in the darkness, leading you to the light of possibility and hope thats been within you all along.

Rachel Macy Stafford, New York Times bestselling author of Hands Free Mama, Hands Free Life and Only Love Today

Getting Back to Happy is a must-read for complex times. You cant control everything that happens to you in this crazy world, but you can control your response to it. Marc and Angel provide a grace-filled guide to navigate life and find happiness regardless of your circumstances.

Joshua Becker, founder of Becoming Minimalist and author of The More of Less

Im a big fan of advice based on real experience and wisdom that reconnects us to some deeper sense of self and helps awaken a sense of potential. I also appreciate genuine insights that inspire shifts in perspective and attitude about what is and is not possible. Getting Back to Happy has all of this and more!

Jonathan Fields, founder of Good Life Project and author of How to Live a Good Life

Getting Back to Happy invites us to change our lives by changing our thoughts. The powerful lessons and action steps delivered throughout the book, mixed with beautiful stories of people experiencing heartbreak, trauma, and hopelessness who rise up, dont just bring us back to happythey bring us back to hope, to love, and to trusting ourselves to live rich lives full of what matters most.

Courtney Carver, author of Soulful Simplicity

Marc and Angel have written an easy-to-follow, wonderfully empowering guide to help you cultivate a deep and pervasive sense of well-being and happiness. Their down-to-earth, practical advice will provide you with a strong, solid inner foundation for lifes ups and downs, and support you to be resourceful in the face of any challenges you may face along the way.

Katherine Woodward Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Calling in The One and Conscious Uncoupling

Getting Back to Happy is a powerful collection of candid, at times raw, life lessons accompanied by the perfect balance of professional research and specific techniques that will undoubtedly lay the foundation for drastic, positive changes across nearly every aspect of our lives.

Dr. Kristin M. Tolbert, PsyD, licensed psychologist

As a martial arts and fitness trainer, athlete, husband, father, business owner, and entrepreneur, Getting Back to Happy was a lifesaver to me in countless ways. Filled with actionable insights and strategies for important skills like building healthy daily rituals, staying mindful while under stress, working through impossible situations, and finding silver linings of happiness through it all, the book not only improved my life, but also equipped me with healthy ideas to pass on to my students and athletes.

John Hackleman, trainer of UFC champions

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Names: Chernoff, Marc, author. | Chernoff, Angel, author.

Title: Getting back to happy: change your thoughts, change your reality, and turn your trials into triumphs / Marc & Angel Chernoff.

Description: New York : TarcherPerigee, [2018]

Identifiers: LCCN 2017058110 (print) | LCCN 2017059401 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525504665 | ISBN 9780143132776

Subjects: LCSH: Change (Psychology) | Attitude (Psychology) | Happiness.

Classification: LCC BF637.C4 (ebook) | LCC BF637.C4 C46 2018 (print) | DDC 158.1dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017058110

Cover design: Sandra Chiu

Cover images: (hand-drawn landscape) Frank Ramspott / DigitalVision Vectors / Getty Images; (grass) Brandon Tabiolo / Getty Images

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