Lesson in Happiness during a pandemic….and beyond
Its been nine years since Lessons in Happiness from the Third world was published , and with the ongoing effects of the COVID 19 pandemic, the lessons are as applicable today as they were then.
In many ways , the pandemic has afforded us another opportunity to think about how we live our lives, what’s important, and where we allocate our energy and focus.
The back story
Lessons in Happiness came about as a result of Pete Jensen’s personal experience of anxiety and depression over an 18-month period.
Despite being on medication and receiving counselling, Pete hit rock bottom, feeling that life in the way that he knew it was over. In that moment, as he thought about his childhood experiences in the third world as the son of missionary parents, and a question hit him right between the eyes.
Why is it, that people in the third world who have nothing, find it easier to be joyful that we do in the first world where we have so much?
Based on his personal experience, and supplemented by social research, the answer is presented in his book which outlines the three key ingredients of Happiness that the west has forgotten or become too busy to think about and contains many tips and tools from Pete’s personal experience and professional work.
The core ingredients still apply
As the world continues to experience the impact of the pandemic, psychologists report increasing evidence of ‘languishing’, which they see to be a potential precursor to depression.
Experiences of apathy, disengagement, stagnation, monotony, loneliness, and fatigue are becoming more evident in workplaces as well as at home.
Lessons in Happiness will provide with you a time-honoured recipe for happiness, and a pantry full of tools, safety nets and practices to help you sustain it.
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