The Positivity Effect: Simple CBT Skills to Transform Anxiety and Negativity Into Optimism and Hope

Dan Tomasulo, PhD

Aug 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Paul Brion

About this audiobook

If you suffer from anxiety, you may feel stuck in a vicious cycle of rumination, worry, and avoidance-and ultimately miss out on all life has to offer. But what if you could shift your thinking and start living with more expansiveness, hope, and happiness? What if you could transform stress and anxiety, and find lasting balance, peace, and joy? Based in proven-effective cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and positive psychology, psychologist Dan Tomasulo offers powerful skills to help you overcome negative thinking and harness the power of positivity to reduce stress, boost confidence, and find instant calm and sustainable happiness. With this uplifting guide, you'll learn how to: - Replace anxiety and stress with learned hopefulness - Boost positivity, amplify joy, and awaken inspiration - Overcome self-limiting thoughts and beliefs - Build a solid support system and connect with your community Not being anxious is not the same as thriving. Nor does worrying less mean that you are at peace. With this inspiring guide, you'll learn to do more than just stop worrying-you'll learn to completely transform your outlook for long lasting serenity and joy.

About the author

Dan Tomasulo, PhD, is a highly sought-after international speaker on topics relating to applied positive psychology. He authors the daily column Ask the Therapist, and the Learned Hopefulness blog for psychcentral.com. His award-winning memoir, American Snake Pit, was released in 2018.

Paul Brion has a passion for storytelling. He believes that audiobooks-our most current form of the oral tradition-are the purest of the interactive and co-creative arts. An autodidact with eclectic interests, he enjoys learning about a wide variety of subjects, as he has an avaricious hunger for knowledge.

Lisa Miller, PhD, is professor in the clinical psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute-the first Ivy League graduate program in spirituality and psychology. She is author of The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child.