And Then I'll Be Happy!: Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First

by Kristen Houghton

Book Overview

True stories and practical advice for women about how to feel better today

This book is for anyone who's ever sacrificed her own happiness trying to make someone elsehappy . . . who's assigned her happiness, one more time, to some future date "in a galaxy far, far away." It's no big deal, happiness can wait. And--duh--it does.

But it doesn't have to. With And Then...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762754338
• ISBN13: 9780762754335
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The Key to Finding Your Own Happiness

When I received this book from Kristen I immediately began to feel like I was holding a lucky talisman in my hands that would give me the keys to finding my own happiness. It gave me the validation and the permission to begin to pursue happiness in my life on my own terms and I couldn't put it down until I'd read it completely! This book is not to be missed by any woman who wonders what she could be doing differently to make her life as fulfilling and complete as possible. - Kate LaFrance, Publisher Hartford Woman Online [...] And THEN I'll Be Happy!: Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First

A "little Talmud" of wisdom for women--and men!

Kristen Houghton's book is thoroughly readable, spirited, in touch with 21st century modalities--and just downright practical. It really charges women to take responsibility for their spiritual and personal well-being. But it also is reasonable about what women today face, from within and without. This is a truly worthwhile guide to living from a thoughtful and caring writer and participant in life.

Read what critics are saying about "AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY!

And Then I'll Be Happy! is a book that all women need to read. Many of us spend too muchtime and precious energy focused on the complicated and frequently unfulfilling challenge of looking out for others while believing that the key to our happiness is not within our own grasp. This external focus misdirects our physical resources and can deplete our emotional reserves away from the real source of our happiness - ourselves. We have all done what the women in this book have done, put own our own personal satisfaction and happiness on hold in order to take care of other people's problems or situations. By understanding how only we have the ability to build our own happiness, we can allow ourselves to be happy. Kristen Houghton is disarmingly honest and realistic in her writing and spot-on advice. She laces her advice with enough humor to alleviate the stress of real-life situations, but never strays far from the good solid solutions she offers in this book.In my field of Psychiatry, I have met women who are very much like the ones in this book, placing themselves last in their own lives. And Then I'll Be Happy! is a guide for women to reflect on difficult life lessons while realizing how to put themselves first. It is a must read for women of all ages, as we struggle to overcome and reclaim our authentic happy selves. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and I highly recommend it to my friends as well as my patients." Janet Taylor, MD, Psychiatrist, contributor to " The Today Show" on NBC ________________________________________________________________________________ "Every woman needs this book if she wants to find out how she may be sabotaging her own happiness! Kristen Houghton writes it well and delivers positive and usable solutions. Honest and solid keys to happiness" Carolyn Chambers Clark, Ed. D., author of 'Living Well with Anxiety" ______________________________________________________________________________ "Remember 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'? Nothing was ever good enough for that girl! A master observer of women and relationships, Kristen Houghton uses her funny, warm and deeply engaging style to open us up to the ways that we, as women, chronically postpone and deny our own happiness. As a clinical psychologist, I constantly see women in states of depression, low self-esteem and body hatred. I am grateful to Kristen for finding a masterful way to get past our defensiveness toshow us new ways to discover self-acceptance, inner peace and happiness. Thank you, Kristen, for your ground-breaking book. It's about time someone addresses the concerns felt deeply in our hearts, and shows us innovative, insightful ways to heal them! This book is a must read for all women who put ourselves last on our exhaustive to do list." Maria Rago, Ph.D.,Clinical Director Rago Counseling Center for Women's Issues _______________________________________________________________________________ "With a sharp witty persona, Kristen