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Not a prescription. Not a checklist. A clearing — six practices that help you remove what's in the way of the life you actually want to be living.
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This book began in a season of honest searching. A time when I was asking real questions about what actually makes us well — not temporarily pleased, not distracted from our problems, but genuinely, quietly content.
It is not a typical self-help book. It does not tell you that you have everything you need inside you. It does not promise transformation in 30 days. What it offers is something quieter and, I believe, more lasting: a way of removing what's in the way.
The six happiness habits in this book are not techniques to perform. They are ways of seeing — and ways of clearing — that, practiced over time, create the conditions for a genuinely lighter life. Physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Optimizing Happiness is secular in its language and universal in its scope. It is for any woman who is tired of carrying more than she should and ready to ask what's actually underneath.
Inside the Book
"Not a checklist. A way of clearing — slowly, honestly, and with intention."
Peace isn't passive — it's a practice. This chapter explores what erodes it, what guards it, and why protecting your inner quiet is the foundation everything else rests on. It begins with learning to quiet the ego, the voice that is loudest and most often in the way.
Not the kind you perform in a journal. Real gratitude — the kind that changes what you notice and how you move through your days. This chapter explores what genuine thankfulness looks like and how it reshapes the way ordinary life feels.
There is a difference between what pleases us momentarily and what genuinely nourishes us. This chapter helps you wake up to the small, real things around you — and teaches you how to tell the difference between a pleasure and a joy.
You cannot live a clear life without knowing what you actually stand for. This chapter walks you through the work of identifying your true values — and beginning the honest process of aligning your daily life around them.
There is a deep and particular satisfaction that comes from doing something meaningful — from finishing, from contributing, from mattering to someone beyond yourself. This chapter explores both the personal and the communal dimensions of a purposeful life.
The final habit is perhaps the most countercultural of all: slowness. This chapter invites you to reconsider the pace of your life, the weight of your obligations, and what it means to be a good steward of the time and energy you've been given on this earth.
Who This Book Is For
This book was written for women over 40 who are ready to stop accumulating and start clearing. It is warm, unhurried, and completely free of the hustle and hype that dominates most conversations about happiness.
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Optimizing Happiness is available now on Amazon in paperback and digital editions.