Contentment
What really matters to ME?
Contentment is a pretty reliable emotion. It may be less thrilling than the euphoria of happiness, but it has the advantage of being a great deal more stable and enduring. Rooted in in a basically positive mindset – a fundamentally life-affirming attitude – contentment is governed more by the mind than the heart; it is the result of cognitive processes. This gives it an unbeatable edge: we can influence our sense of contentment far more than the inherently transient feeling of happiness. What’s more, contentment is a wellspring of creativity – and it is a strategy we can learn. It’s just a matter of occasionally dropping some of our aspirations or adapting them to our individual preferences. The central question is: what really matters to ME?
- Based on sound scientific evidence, this book shows us how to work on our contentment by way of case studies, self-tests and checklists.
Christina Berndt was born in 1969, studied biochemistry and obtained her doctorate at the German Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg. As a science journalist she reports on medicine and research for Spiegel, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa – the German Press Agency), the Süddeutsche Rundfunk broadcasting station and Süddeutsche Zeitung, where she has been working as editor since 2000. She was awarded the European Science Writers Junior Award in 2000.
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