The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life
eBook - PDF

The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life

Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life

Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands

About this book

This book examines a seemingly simple and absolutely essential topic: learning how to enjoy every aspect of your life on a daily basis. All of us look for happiness, well-being, and positivity throughout our lives, but for most people these goals are abstract and the processes established to achieve them ambiguous. The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life: Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands focuses attention upon the concrete, specific, and everyday sources of pleasure that are within the grasp of almost everyone. Prolific author Luciano L'Abate, PhD, ABEPP, examines at all kinds of pleasures, investigating where we find them, why they appeal to us, and what benefits they provide in terms of both mental and physical health. He explains how to increase our sensitivity to everyday opportunities for pleasure, and then gives tangible techniques to focus upon these moments in order to fully experience them. The author employs personal memories from his childhood in Italy, more recent stories from his travels abroad, and the findings of most recent scientific research on the benefits of pleasure-seeking to further illustrate his points.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: The Elements and Meanings of Pleasure and Displeasure
  7. 1 Arts and Creativity: Observing, Studying, Watching, and Producing
  8. 2 Avocations: Doing Whatever You Like When You Want To
  9. 3 Being, Doing, and Having: The Triangle of Life
  10. 4 Food: For Survival and for Enjoyment
  11. 5 Music Does Not Need to Be Loud to Be Enjoyable
  12. 6 Play Is Just as Important as Work
  13. 7 The Body: Sensuality, Sensibility, Sexuality, and Sex
  14. Conclusion: Moderation, Self-Control, and Self-Monitoring
  15. Notes
  16. Index