Make your own wishes come true, with a little help from New York Times bestselling author Paul Pearsall.
Like blowing out candles on a cake, we think of wishing as magic, never believing that our wishes can be realized. But wishing is more than just a dreamy occupation. It is one of our most powerful ways of influencing our own and others' destiny. In this revolutionary book, New York Times bestselling author Paul Pearsall tells us how to make our wishes come true. He reveals the act of wishing to be a unique ritual with its own set of ancient rules that can transform life.
In this fascinating, step-by-step approach on turning wishes into realities, Pearsall offers the results of his ten-year study of over 2,000 wishers and shows how to wish effectively from the heart, not the brain. He presents the cultural and spiritual aspects of wishing and the facts that document and prove the crucial role it plays in our daily life. Fun, mystical, and rewarding, Wishing Well is the first book ever to show that wishes can come true, as long as we wish well. "Your intent alters your reality." --Paul Pearsall

Paul Pearsall's research shows that individual success and the solitary pursuit of happiness may be hazardous to one's health. Although many self-help books champion the singular approach to success and personal power as the path to well-being, Partners in Pleasure challenges this "singularity" by presenting new research and ancient cultural lessons regarding collective and connective ways to fulfillment and wellness. Drawing in part on 2,000-year-old Polynesian wisdom, this book shows how to go beyond self-fulfillment to shared pleasure.

Combining wisdom from Polynesian culture with proven scientific research, Dr. Pearsall describes the five keys to a happy and fulfilling life: patience, connection, pleasantness, modesty, and tenderness. These simple principles form the basis of every prescription in this book. In Write Your Own Pleasure Prescription, Dr. Pearsall shows you how to bring these principles into daily practice with pleasurable ways to enjoy yourself and connect deeply with others. From learning how to "go with how it goes" at work (pleasure prescription #18) to "just say maybe" (pleasure prescription #26) these fun, profound and caring suggestions give us the ability to shift our lives so that we feel the joy that can be part of each day. After offering dozens of ideas, Dr. Pearsall then describes how everyone can write their own pleasure prescriptions, perfectly suited to their lives.

Current wisdom dictates that anything that tastes, smells, or feels good can't be good for us. But pleasure is the way to health, not a temptation away from it. In The Pleasure Prescription, Pearsall gives the antidote for "delight dyslexia," his name for misreading of intensity for joy, accomplishment for worth, busyness for connection, and excitement for love.

Current wisdom dictates that anything that tastes, smells, or feels good can't be good for us. But pleasure is the way to health, not a temptation away from it. In The Pleasure Prescription, Pearsall gives the antidote for "delight dyslexia", his name for misreading of intensity for joy, accomplishment for worth, busyness for connection, and excitement for love.

Although the tenets of self-help have been attacked before, Pearsall is the first psychologist to expose these deeply entrenched ideas to scientific scrutiny. And unlike other debunking books, The Last self-help Book You'll Ever Need goes beyond skepticism to propose a set of life-affirming (and refreshingly contrarian) axioms that can help anyone lead the Good Life.

New York Times bestselling author Paul Pearsall shows us how -- with revolutionary and easy-to-follow instructions -- we can make our own wishes come true.

Are your wishes coming true? Do you have a very special wish that still hasn't been granted? Have you ever made a wish you ended up regretting? These common questions are a curiosity to us all. Wishing Well is the first book to present proof of the subtle but magnificent power of wishing in your daily life. It's the first guide to making wishes that lead to the life you and those you love have always wished for.