New Releases by Karen Salmansohn

Want to make sure you’re not just alive . . . but truly living? Start by contemplating your own death. Wondering what a life well-lived looks like? Eager to live a life that’s richer, bolder, and more unapologetically YOU? Then it’s time to stop running from the truth that your life is finite—and start facing your mortality head-on. Because nothing will motivate you to seize the day . . . more than realizing your days are numbered. Karen Salmansohn, bestselling author of How to Be Happy, Dammit and a leading behavioral change expert went on her own “I’m-going-to-die” journey. And it made her life better. Way better. So she began sharing these tools with her clients, and their lives also began to bloom in amazing ways. Science backs up the perks of mortality awareness. Studies show that when you embrace the fact that your time is limited, you stop wasting energy on nonsense—and start making choices that align with your deepest values. In Your To-Die-For Life, Salmansohn shares a wide range of practical, research-based tools—to help you to dismantle your fears—and step into the life you were meant to live. You’ll discover how to: Write your own eulogy: Sounds a little dark, right? But it''s actually a genius way to reverse-engineer the life you want. Create a “to-die-for” list: Think of this as a “what matters most” list. You’ll learn how to better focus on what truly makes you come alive—and build simple micro-habits to bring more of that into your everyday life. Do a life audit: Let go of the clutter that’s draining your time, energy and attention. Your To-Die-For Life is packed with a range of eye-opening studies, inspiring philosophical truths, and Salmansohn’s signature cheeky humor. She’ll make you laugh, she’ll make you think, and she’ll make you want to stop wasting time on things that don’t light you up.

Turn your nest into a happier home with instant framable wall art! Add beautiful style and happy energy to your home with this collection of ready-to-frame inspiring quote artwork--created by bestselling happiness author Karen Salmansohn--who''s virtual quote posters regularly go viral on social media. Each of these beautiful illustrations and designs has been created in a range of colors and styles (by a group of talented artists hand selected by Karen)--so you''re sure to find something you love for every room. Plus Karen specifically wrote some of these inspiring quotes to cleverly complement key areas of your home (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office, living room, etc). Each uplifting design is printed on sturdy art board and set up for easy removal from the book for quick framing. This stylish artwork is an affordable fun way to boost both your decor and your mood! 18 framable pieces and 2 stencils = 20 pieces of 7 x 9 art with clever, uplifting sayings, such as: Complain less. Giggle more. Don''t shrink your dreams. Supersize your courage and abilities. Kind people are my kind of people. We are all different, and that''s beautiful.

50 habits to start (or stop!) right now in order to be happier, healthier, less stressed, and more productive—from the best-selling author and happiness expert behind Think Happy. Forming new habits can improve your mood and invigorate your daily routine, but you’ve gotta figure out which ones to adopt or drop. How can you successfully create habits—and what new habits will actually increase your happiness and fulfillment? Wellness expert Karen Salmansohn to the rescue! Happy Habits presents fifty habits that span body, mind, relationships, work, home, and play. Karen shares the tools you need to master fundamental habits (daily meditation; practicing gratitude), surprising happiness-boosting techniques (crying regularly; strategic complaining), and tips for easily incorporating new habits into your daily life. Filled with fascinating studies and simple rituals, this illustrated guide offers fun, accessible ways to uplift your life.

From bestselling author Karen Salmansohn (How to Be Happy, Dammit) comes a heartsong journal, Listen to Your Heart, a line-a-day journal featuring short writing prompts that promote taking a restorative moment each day to get in touch with your heart. Each features a prompt on reflection, gratitude, self-care, and other topics, followed by an enchanting watercolor heart where journalists can write in their response. This book is a visual representation of one of the keys to lasting happiness--listening to your heart. Illustrated with lovely artwork, Listen to Your Heart is a beautiful way to practice self-care.

Lifestyle guru Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful gift book of two-minute meditations and mindfulness tips that help reduce stress and improve focus, clarity, productivity, and sleep. You''re just a few minutes away from a more Zen mindset! Almost 40 percent of Americans admit they worry every day, and the media has pegged today''s millennials as "The Anxious Generation." Although interest in meditation and mindfulness is ever growing, many of us don''t have the time or patience to develop a serious practice. Health and happiness guru Karen Salmansohn''s unique brand of fun mini-meditations use the power of focus and the five senses to achieve the same results as more standard meditation techniques in far less time. Packed with full-page illustrations, fascinating scientific studies, and Salmansohn''s patented wit, Instant Calm helps you tap into stress-releasing topics like forest bathing (sound), essential oils (smell), earthing (touch), dot meditations (sight), and more—in just two minutes. Soon you’ll be swapping your aarghs for ahhhs! Advance praise for Instant Calm “Instant Calm can help anyone redefine and expand their meditation practice. She shares a range of unique sensory meditations—which tap into all five senses—and offer a quick, fun approach to reset your mind and refocus your energy. I personally have begun to use these mini meditations whenever I just want to feel a mental boost throughout my day. I love the illustrations and Karen’s fun and lighthearted voice! I highly recommend this book as a helpful guide to decompress from life’s challenges.”—Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling author of Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff For Women “If you’re feeling stressed and looking for ways to relax and feel focused (and pretty much everybody in today’s world is!) well . . . then . . . this book is a game-changer for you. It makes doing meditation feel so easy and fun. It’s great for beginners to meditation—and also helpful for advanced meditators—because there’s something for everyone. What I especially love about this book is the wide range of sensory meditations Karen offers. Open up the book anywhere—and you will find a useful fun two-minute tool you can use to relax and feel grounded again. Plus the illustrations are gorgeous.”—Christina Rasmussen, bestselling author of Second Firsts: Live, Laugh and Love Again

More than just a powerful longevity tool, this easy-to-read, research-backed guide will help you to boost your immunity and protect your overall health—while also giving you insights and tools to slow down the aging process. Best-selling author and wellness expert Karen Salmansohn presents a witty, inspiring collection of the top 50+ tips for a long and healthy life, backed by a wide range of longevity research. You''ll discover insights from the world’s Blue Zones (where people live extra long) and takeaways from fascinating studies on everything from coffee to fasting to hidden toxins. Distilling the latest science into longevity practices that are quick to read and jam-packed with playful humor, Life Is Long sheds light on intriguing questions like • what spice improves cardiovascular health as much as aerobic exercise? • how often should I stand up from my desk? • how can brushing my teeth improve my heart health? • how do I keep my chromosomes in good shape? • and more! Full of clear, actionable advice, Life is Long is a phenomenal resource for improving your immune system, boosting mental clarity, feeling more energetic, slimming down & aging at your best!

Happiness expert Karen Salmansohn presents a colorful friendship gift book that celebrates the very best things about friends—from the silly to the supportive—all with her patented brand of humor and wit. There are millions of reasons to appreciate your friends, and this adorable gift book covers the top 50 of them! Inspired by self-help guru Karen Salmansohn’s popular illustrated witty sayings, this humorous and stylishly designed book illustrates the sweetest, craziest, truest, and most memorable things about friendship. It’s the perfect way to let favorite friends know how much they are loved and to inspire them with words of encouragement—while making them laugh so hard they snort their Caramel Macchiato out their nose. It’s a fun and loving gift to give besties for birthdays, holidays, or when you feel they need some cheering on or cheering up! Friends Forever Wherever Whenever lets your friends know they''re priceless, whether you''ve known each other for years or just recently met. This is a wonderful friendship gift book for women or teens, or even as a gift for yourself. Each friendship appreciation reminder is sweet—and not too feisty—so it will appeal to friends of all ages.

When you can’t be there with a loved one, you can still cheer them up—and cheer them on! Karen Salmansohn, the bestselling author of Friends Forever, presents a unique collection of interactive Open When letters, perfect to send to friends, family, and loved ones—or to give as a gift to yourself. The gift recipient flips open an envelope flap to read the encouragement inside whenever they need a pep talk, inspiring wisdom, or a quick mood boost. Open When is a beautiful way for friends, family, and long-distance loved ones to feel connected—even when miles apart. You’ll find categories like: • “Open when you need a laugh,” • “Open when you''re feeling stressed out,” • “Open when you need courage,” • and more! Open When letters then becomes a loving book the gift receiver will return to to read frequently—plus also serve as a beautiful time capsule to appreciate the gift-giver in years to come. These little happiness-boosters are based on Salmansohn’s viral posters that combine witty sayings with colorful graphics. There''s also room to write a small note on each letter. Fans of Salmansohn''s Friends Forever friendship book will love this Open When letters book—because it similarly makes a great thinking about you, cheer up, friendship and long-distance relationship gift.

Stay happy—no matter how much life throws at you! Happiness expert and Oprah columnist Karen Salmansohn presents a collection of 50 inspirational inner peptalks to boost your confidence, attitude, and mood. These peptalks are different than affirmations because they’re feisty, fun and memorable--and will thereby stick in your brain like a catchy song. You’ll naturally want to keep repeating them, thereby changing your neural pathways so you’re inclined to think positive thoughts, which lead to positive habits, which lead to a positively happy life! Whether you’re feeling stressed, need motivation, are dealing with haters, or need to turn your tale of woe into a tale of wow, THINK HAPPY’s instant peptalks and whimsical illustrations will grump-proof your brain so you can move forward with optimism, resilience, and plain ol’ fabulousness.

Jam-packed with 365 "happiness prompters," this colorful journal is sure to brighten your day. Each page features a specific intention, inspiring quote, surprising scientific fact, or thought-provoking question to ponder. When you approach your day with Salmansohn''s "happiness prompters" in mind, you amp up your ability to notice (and create ) many more joyous moments in your day. But that''s just half of what it takes to live a supremely happy life. This journal teaches the top two habits of happy people: to naturally set their intention to enjoy a happy day, then end the day reflecting on what made them happy. When you end your day writing about what went right, you further strengthen your happiness mindset. With fill-in dates so that you can write and reflect at your own pace, this little journal features a graphic design and fresh attitude perfect for today''s modern happiness-seeker.

Nike is wrong. Just do nothing. Yes, often the key to changing your life isn''t in doing more, more, more...but doing absolutely nothing. How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing clearly, concisely (and even humorously) explains the principle of doing nothing in a mindful way. This is a unique self-help book for lazy-busy people who want to change their lives fast but don''t have time to devote to reading long, complicated books. Salmansohn quickly gets to the point, explaining the principle and power of doing nothing and offering 10 easy exercises that, when practiced sincerely, will allow you to experience a surge of energy, clarity, and speed. So don''t just stand there doing nothing. Read this book...and start really doing nothing!

Don''t Stay Stuck in a Job Rut--Take Control of Your Career in Just 30 Days! Feeling enslaved by pointless meetings, overflowing "in" boxes, and endless phone calls? Shackled by mindless busywork and jealous colleagues who keep you from landing the corner office and the recognition you deserve? If so, now is the time to break free from the chains of job slavery! Now in paperback, Karen Salmansohn, award-winning advertising veteran and bestselling author, offers an instructive, humorous, and easy-to-follow 30-day plan for taking control of your career. Daily tips for Cracking Whips and Master Mantras will show you how to beat all of your negative thoughts instead of letting them beat you, so that at last you can attain the promotions and raises you dream about.

Is the world more fascinated with the sex lives of celebrities-or the clothing lives of celebrities? Judging by the massiveamount of magazine pages devoted to who''s wearing what,and who''s wearing it best-it''s the latter! Nobody knows the insider story on celebrity fashion betterthan Jaye Hersh-a top celebrity stylist, regularly featured onEntertainment Tonight, Extra, Good Day Live, QVC, and theStyle Channel. Hersh''s über-popular Los Angeles boutiqueIntuition has become the place to find the next "big thing"or the current celebrity "must have." Her discerning intuitionhas consistently discovered items appearing on Daily Candy,and in People, In Style, In Touch, and Los Angeles magazines.Celebrity clients such as Eva Longoria, Julia Roberts, andJessica Simpson always know they''ll find the latest andgreatest looks at Intuition before they hit the streets. This July will see the launch of "Hollywood Intuition"-Hersh''sexciting line of accessories for the fashionista on a budget.Accompanying the splash debut of this exclusive accessoriesline, Hollywood Intuition the book, offers in print for the firsttime Hersh''s insider style tips, emphasizing how developingtrue star quality isn''t simply about knowing what''s in-butknowing what''s inside you. What separates a fashion victorfrom a fashion victim is the ability to tap into your intuitionabout who you are at your core and consciously make your styledecisions a form of self-expression. Filled with fun and practical tips and advice, HollywoodIntuition includes six "Hollywood Screen Tests" for readersto take to discover which celebrity icon they relate to most.Are you a Sexy Sirenista, a Yoganista, or an Ingenue? Hershhelps you find out! And, Hollywood Intuition''s "People, Place,Things" chapters are the ultimate resource for discoveringyour mood, ways to dress for different locales, and whatmust-have object can help define your style.

From the bestselling author of 20 inspiring, wise, and quirky self-help books comes this powerful relationship guide for women. With edgy humor and sound psychological advice, this honest work can help women learn to love themselves more and make healthier love choices.

Voltado a todas as mulheres solteiras que precisam defender-se do constante questionamento da família e dos amigos sobre sua vida pessoal, trata de maneira divertida e bem-humorada a condição de mulher solteira.

“The very act of reading it makes you feel happier.” - A.J. Jacobs A bad breakup. A serious illness. The loss of a job. Life has a habit of throwing people curveballs. To which Karen Salmansohn says: “When life throws you curveballs, hit them out of the park.” Bounce Back! mixes from-the-gut wisdom with humor, feistiness, and sophistication, in a hip, inspiring resource that will brighten the darkest mood. The book is grounded in happiness research, psychological studies, Greek philosophy. And it delivers: Here are 70 easily digestible, potentially life-changing tips on how to bounce back from adversity, each on a spread that''s as punchy in look as it is powerful in message. Shrink negativity into nuggetivity. Think of yourself as the type of person the world says yes to. With its attitude, techniques, and advice on everything from exercise to staying connected, plus charming illustration and photography and a bold design, Bounce Back! is a full-on guide to moving forward with great positive energy. "Salmansohn''s writing is bold, playful, insightful—with powerful metaphors that provoke and inspire. Her kinetic images amplify her message and take the book to a new level of literary experience." - Deepak Chopra, author of Seven Laws of Spiritual Success

Zelfhulpgids met tips om zowel lichamelijk als geestelijk tot een beter en gelukkiger leven te komen.

The three Alexandra tales are now packaged together in a single volume with hip new cover art that is in tune with the tween girl set.

GO WITH YOUR GUT Important decisions are too often influenced by fear or self-doubt. So how can you learn to trust your instincts and make wise business decisions? Let best-selling author Karen Salmansohn show you the way. She explores the reasons why we are conditioned to quash our gut instincts, and why it''s imperative that we learn to reverse that thinking. Inside you''ll find easy-to-implement exercises - along with research, anecdotes and success stories - guaranteed to improve your decision-making abilities and to help pave the way to career success.

Your success is only as large as your determination Bestselling author Karen Salmansohn offers unflinching, real-world business advice and quick inspiration to help you get the career you''ve always wanted. Visually stunning, often humorous, and extremely insightful, this book is the only one you''ll need to set yourself on course for extreme success. Here are some of her nuggets of wisdom. Mom was wrong. It''s okay to talk to strangers. (tip #4) It doesn''t matter how good your beef tenderloin is. Don''t try to sell it to a vegan store. (tip #20) Whenever possible, play with people who are better than you. (tip #39) Don''t just create deadlines. Create ill-lines and funeral-lines. (tip #47) Always brutally honest, Ballsy is the perfect companion for today''s business professional.

Happiness seems elusive, but there are many time-tested and proven ways to be happy. Bestselling author Karen Salmansohn has gathered more than 50 proven approaches to increasing happiness that are easy, simple and fun. For example: --Make sure you have enough Vitamin ZZZZZZZs --Wear the world''s sexiest accessory: a smile