Your body wants you to be happy. Help it achieve that. We usually think that the brain is the big computer that tells our body how to react, but more and more studies show that the system works the other way around: the body reacts first and then the brain interprets the physical signals. In this easily readable yet scientifically documented book, Janice Kaplan uses findings from modern research to show us that our body with its senses is smarter than we think. She focuses on the ways the body experiences pleasure and produces positive emotions, highlighting the close connection between physical experience and mental state. At the same time, she analyzes the importance of touch, physical activities (from walking to sex), a positive body image, and especially understanding its needs.

The body and mind collaborate in a cycle of hope, inspiration, gratitude, and new ideas. Achieving this harmonious relationship might be the ultimate source of happiness. Advice and daily techniques to get to know your body in a completely new way.

• The role of the environment in shaping our mood: the impact of nature, light, trees and water, the importance of silence and the architecture of space.

• The unexpected power of sex, physical exercise, and pleasure in nutrition.

• Coping with pain through a new approach.

• The value of creativity.

THE PRESS WROTE:

A life lesson about all that makes us happy.
Robert J. Waldinger, author, Professor of Psychiatry (Harvard Medical School).

A fresh perspective on happiness we create ourselves.
Aditi Nerurkar, author.

The body influences our mind and the mind watches over our body. This wonderful book reveals the close bond between two friends that lasts a lifetime.
John Bargh, author, Professor of Psychology (Yale University).