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How to Raise a Viking
Helen Russell
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'In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness.
Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be
happier' Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute Helen
Russell is an expert on the pursuit of happiness. In How to Be Sad
she combines her powerful personal story with surprising research
and warm advice to reveal the secret of finding joy: allowing
sadness to enrich your life and relationships. Timely and
essential, this book is about how we can better look after
ourselves and each other, simply by getting smarter about sadness.
We live in an age when reality TV shows climax in a tearful finale.
But feeling sad – genuinely sad – is still taboo. Yet, sadness
happens to us all, sometimes in heartbreakingly awful ways. If we
don’t know how to be sad, it can be isolating for those
experiencing it and baffling for those trying to help others
through dark times. Today, most of us know intellectually that
‘sad’ is normal. But we’re not always brilliant at allowing
for it, in practice. Sadness is going to happen, so we might as
well know how to ‘do it’ right. And it’s time to start facing
our problems and talking about them. Positive psychology may have
become more accepted in mainstream culture, but rates of depression
have continued to rise. We’re trying so hard to be happy. But
studies show that we could all benefit from learning the art of
sadness and how to handle it, well. We cannot avoid sadness so we
might as well learn to handle it. Helen Russell, while researching
 two previous books on happiness,  found that today
most of us are terrified of sadness. Many of us are so phobic to
averse to negative emotions that we don’t recognise them.
* NOW WITH A NEW CHAPTER * 'A hugely enjoyable romp through the
pleasures and pitfalls of setting up home in a foreign land.'-
Guardian Given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland,
Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: Denmark, land of
long dark winters, cured herring, Lego and pastries, was the
happiest place on earth. Keen to know their secrets, Helen gave
herself a year to uncover the formula for Danish happiness. From
childcare, education, food and interior design to SAD and taxes,
The Year of Living Danishly records a funny, poignant journey,
showing us what the Danes get right, what they get wrong, and how
we might all live a little more Danishly ourselves. In this new
edition, six years on Helen reveals how her life and family have
changed, and explores how Denmark, too - or. her understanding of
it - has shifted. It's a messy and flawed place, she concludes -
but can still be a model for a better way of living.
This book explores the development of the discipline of Criminology
on the island of Ireland, through conversations with leading
criminologists. Adding depth and breadth to the understandings of
this growing discipline, leading scholars discuss their personal
journey to Criminology, their research areas, their theoretical
influences and the impact of the discipline of Criminology on how
we think about criminal justice in Ireland and beyond. Research
topics include desistence, victims' rights, parole, policing and
research methods. The book explores what influences framed the work
of key thinkers in the area and how Criminology intersects with
policy and practice within and beyond the criminological and
criminal justice fields. It provides an insight into how the
discipline has emerged as a discrete subject through a discussion
of Ireland's key historical moments. It argues that Ireland's
unique historical, cultural, political, social and economic
arrangements and research about Ireland have much to offer the
international field of Criminology. This volume also reflects on
future directions for Irish Criminology, as well as sounding
warnings to ensure the healthy development of the field as a
discipline in its own right and as an interdisciplinary
undertaking.
Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute
Irish and international scholars continue to be curious about
Ireland's exceptional economic success since the early 1990s. While
growth rates peaked at the turn of the millennium, they have since
continued at levels that are high by any current international or
historical Irish measures. Despite differences of view among Irish
economists and policymakers on the relative importance of the
factors that have driven growth, there is widespread agreement that
the process of globalisation has contributed to Ireland's economic
development. In this context, it is helpful to recognise that
globalisation has created huge changes in most developed and
developing countries and has been associated, inter alia, with
reductions in global income disparity but increased income
disparity within individual countries. This book reflects on how,
from a social perspective, Ireland has prospered over the past
decade. In that period we have effectively moved from being a
semi-developed to being a developed economy. While the book's main
focus is on the social changes induced by economic growth, there is
also recognition that social change has facilitated economic
growth. Although many would regard the past decade as a period when
economic and social elements have combined in a virtuous cycle,
there is a lingering question as to the extent to which we have
better lives now that we are economically 'better off'.
Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute
Irish and international scholars continue to be curious about
Ireland's exceptional economic success since the early 1990s. While
growth rates peaked at the turn of the millennium, they have since
continued at levels that are high by any current international or
historical Irish measures. Despite differences of view among Irish
economists and policymakers on the relative importance of the
factors that have driven growth, there is widespread agreement that
the process of globalisation has contributed to Ireland's economic
development. In this context, it is helpful to recognise that
globalisation has created huge changes in most developed and
developing countries and has been associated, inter alia, with
reductions in global income disparity but increased income
disparity within individual countries. This book reflects on how,
from a social perspective, Ireland has prospered over the past
decade. In that period we have effectively moved from being a
semi-developed to being a developed economy. While the book's main
focus is on the social changes induced by economic growth, there is
also recognition that social change has facilitated economic
growth. Although many would regard the past decade as a period when
economic and social elements have combined in a virtuous cycle,
there is a lingering question as to the extent to which we have
better lives now that we are economically 'better off'.
Be bold. Be brave. Be Viking... Forget hygge, this autumn you need
to go Viking. An uplifting, laugh out loud debut novel to curl up
with from the bestselling author of THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY.
Frazzled mum Alice Ray likes to think she's on top everything - she
has FOUR bags-for-life in the boot of her car for heaven's sake.
But after spectacularly embarrassing herself at work, she finally
gives in to her sister's pleas to take a much needed break. But
this is not the luxury spa holiday Alice hoped for - instead, she
finds herself in Denmark, in the middle of nowhere, on a 'How to be
a Viking' getaway. Can the two sisters finally learn to get along
or will learning to embrace their inner warrior just make them
better at fighting? Two sisters. One Scandi holiday they'll never
forget... GONE VIKING is a laugh out loud debut novel perfect for
fans of Sophie Kinsella's Surprise Me
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