Radically Happy by Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, illustrated by Julian Pang. Finished 1-28-25, 4/5 stars, Mindfulness, Self-Help, 240 pages, 2018

“Happiness is love. Full Stop.” That is the conclusion of George Vaillant, the director of a 75 year study conducted by Harvard University that followed 268 men over the course of their lives. Valliant summarized the study’s conclusion as the “warmth of relationships throughout life have the greatest positive impact on ‘life satisfaction.'” page 118

Wanna be Radically Happy? Well a meditation master and a Silicon Valley bro team up here to let you in on the way. This book is beautifully illustrated. I’ve enjoyed just flipping through it again to write my thoughts.

If you know about meditation and mindfulness, much of this will cover familiar ground. But there is also more about interconnectedness and ways to make it all work in your life. They also included lots of studies, one of which was also mentioned in the fiction book, Happiness Falls. They did cover some of the same ground!

I like reading these types of mindfulness books because, at least for a bit, I do a better job on staying in the moment and loving myself and others proudly and loudly.

I think this is worth a look if you want some introspection and aspire to be a better person.

“Radical Happiness is not found in situations and things” p. 17

“I’ve been through lots of terrible things in my life. Some of them happened. – Mark Twain” p. 32