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Flourishing
  • Published: 28 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141970493
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 480

Flourishing

How to achieve a deeper sense of well-being and purpose in a crisis

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5 Nov 2015
EBook
28 Nov 2011
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How to achieve a deeper sense of well-being, meaning and purpose - even when facing adversity

At a time of deep crisis the notion of flourishing seems unimaginable. However, distinguished psychologist Maureen Gaffney believes passionately that not only is it possible for us to flourish, but in an increasingly uncertain world, it is essential that we plan to do so.

Flourishing is about achieving a deeper sense of well-being, meaning and purpose despite, and indeed very often because of, adversity. Indeed, Maureen Gaffney explains that adversity can be a positive turning point in our lives if we decide that our goal is not merely returning to the status quo, but having better lives. Her message is that we can do this and in this exciting and innovative book she shows us how.

Drawing on her vast experience of working with people and organisations, and on a fascinating body of recent research, Maureen Gaffney has written a gripping, stimulating and inspiring manifesto on how to flourish and why we need to. Learning to flourish - and helping others to flourish - is the most powerful and worthwhile investment we can make in our own well-being and in our country's future.
  • Published: 28 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780141970493
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 480

About the author

Maureen Gaffney

Dr Maureen Gaffney is a leading clinical psychologist, writer and broadcaster. She has had a distinguished academic career and has worked as a consultant, specializing in leadership and organizational change, working with companies around the world to build strong, emotionally intelligent leadership and innovative and resilient work cultures. Among her clients have been multinational organisations in financial services and in the voluntary and community sectors. She has served on numerous state and other boards and is a member of the Women’s Leadership Board of Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Maureen is also a popular columnist and broadcaster and an inspirational and authoritative speaker who has addressed audiences in Ireland, the UK, the US, Sweden, Germany and Spain. Her previous books Flourishing (2011) and Your One Wild and Precious Life (2021) were both No 1 Irish bestsellers. Flourishing was the basis of a major two-part RTÉ TV documentary, and Your One Wild and Precious Life won the RTÉ Audience Choice Irish Book Award and was shortlisted for overall Irish Book of the Year in 2021. She lives in Dublin with her husband, John. They have two grown-up children and five grandchildren.
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Praise for Flourishing

It is the science and professional experience at Gaffney's disposal that makes her book so relevant for these tough times ... Her advice is presented in such a friendly and persuasive way that it's hard to resist

Irish Examiner

Maureen Gaffney's simple strategies for positive thinking can put the feel-good factor back into your life

Irish Independent

Shows us how we can approach life with a renewed sense of vigour and purpose

Metro Herald

Very recession relevant as it encourages people to be resilient in the face of adversity

Prudence

Certainly shows us how to move on ... thought-provoking

Cara