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The Happiness in Life web site is dedicated to positive and authentic change.

Whether for personal growth or social improvement, we believe that psychology and positive psychology in particular, hold the greatest promise for the fulfillment of individuals and the creation of a positive human future.

Many persons and organizations, as well as even nations and cultures remain mired in old patterns which, while adaptive in the past are no longer serving well.

We are now offering tools which can change this. The road to happiness is no longer a matter of conjecture or personal opinion but a matter of fact based on scientific research.

We have been given technologies which, if used can guarantee personal happiness and life satisfaction.

Everyone can be a part of the transition to a positive human future.

In the past, we have been promised happiness from everybody from hucksters and gurus to Madison avenue.

Now we can have confidence in being a part of the vanguard of humanity to experience scientifically based happiness and life satisfaction.

Charles Dollins, LCDC is a licensed chemical dependency counselor and a certified authentic happiness coach. He is a member of the first or "vanguard" group of professionals trained by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman to disseminate the principles of Positive Psychology to the world.

For more than 25 years, Charles has been seeking and applying the answers to human problems. He has worked with and been trained by some of the top minds in the country who are working to alleviate human misery and suffering in the areas of substance abuse, criminal behavior, and chronic pessimism. He has worked to help thousands of people bring their lives from a -10 to a +1.

This can be a wonderful thing, but he is now coaching others on how to move from a +2 to a +6, through the practice of positive psychology.

"I have taken many courses over the years, both self-help and professional, but the tools I have since taking this course have definitely made it possible for me to help others to achieve greater levels of self awareness, happiness, and joy in life. I have been able to benefit greatly in these areas myself as well, making me able to know intuitively and not just intellectually, how to use them to help others." -Charles

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What is happiness? This is a question humans have always sought to answer. And yet most people wonder if they have achieved it. We see the image of the smiling woman or man on television or in the movies and judge our own sense of happiness accordingly.

Authentic happiness, or Eudaemonia, as it was called by the Greeks, is not this sort of superficial idea of happiness. It comes from the practice of making the most of our natural strengths and virtues. To find out what your own top strengths are, go to Authentic Happiness and take the VIA Signature Strengths Survey.

Once you know what your natural strengths are then you can begin to use them in more productive ways that will bring authentic happiness in everyday life. Some people will be able to bring these out on their own, but others may find that working with a coach can be of major benefit to them in the process.

To facilitate that, world renowned psychologist, Martin E. P. Seligman, created the Authentic Happiness coaching program to train counselors, therapists and coaches to help people to make the shift from having strengths to using them to create their own happiness.

Authentic Happiness: The book by Dr. Seligman

Authentic Happiness is written with grace, power, eminent intelligence, incisive scholarship and-equally important-kindness. Seligman has provided readers from every walk of life with one of the very few authentic self-improvement books in existence.

From Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence:
"At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift—a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life."

From Andrew Weil, M.D.:
"Martin Seligman is the leading spokesman for the new movement of positive psychology, which focuses on mental health rather than mental illness. In this most helpful book he identifies characteristics and strategies of people with positive outlooks and explains how you can cultivate and experience authentic happiness and other desirable emotional states more of the time. Professor Seligman makes me optimistic and authentically happy about the future of psychology."

From Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
"An amazing book! Absolutely full of practical wisdom and its authentic sources. What depth of understanding! Seligman affirms our power of choice with a perspective on old and new psychology I found compelling and fascinating. This book will help restore the Character Ethic."