Dr. Swets' Newest Book, FINDING HAPPINESS, Helps Readers Learn How to Flourish

HOLLAND, Mich. - Jan. 12, 2016 - PRLog -- Author Paul Swets reports that "happiness research is booming because psychologists have found a way to measure well-being. As a result, we know what makes people happy."

Psychologist Ed Diener studied some of the happiest people in various parts of the world and found that "all of them had close, supportive family and friends."

Swets asserts that, “Greater happiness depends on building stronger relationships. Without relationship, there is no friendship. Without friendship, there is no close communication. Without close communication, there is no happiness."

Building supportive relationships is the focus of Finding Happiness. Released by Crosslink Publishing, Finding Happiness enables readers to develop stable friendships by providing practical guidelines for listening and talking.

Although social media might convey what we’re doing or thinking, concentrated use can decrease our skill at interpersonal communication. A medical doctor reported that his interns know how to find information on their smart phones, but don't communicate well with their patients. Swets agrees. "We’re losing our ability to talk and listen well.  We are not good at building genuine relationships.”

Finding Happiness encourages “a greater level of well-being for everyone through strong relationships with friends and family, through giving back to society, through pursuing a life-purpose, and through being transformed by lasting hope.”

Swets writes that we all can learn to make slight adjustments in the way we communicate. If we don’t make these adjustments, “we are like a boat in high winds without an anchor or rudder. Relational turbulence occurs, we misunderstand others, and we allow emotional distance to storm between us and our friends or family members. But when we make the right adjustments, we decrease the threat of relational dysfunction and increase relationships that help us feel more connected, more emotionally strong, more satisfied, more happy.”

Kyle Rote, Jr., a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, calls Finding Happiness "a brillantly sequenced menu of solutions for every person's core need to be happy now and joyous forever ... destined to be a classic."

Finding Happiness is available at your favorite bookstore and online at Amazon. For more information, go to http://findinghappiness.info.

About Paul Swets
Dr. Swets is the author of four books. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hope College and a doctoral degree in communication from the University of Michigan. Paul’s first book, The Art of Talking So That People Will Listen, is published by Simon & Schuster and has sold over 130,000 copies.