The Good Life
your online Positive psychology BOOK CLUB
What it’s about
Learn, grow and connect with The Good Life book club
The Good Life is a book club designed for women who want to reconnect with joy, purpose, and fulfillment – one book at a time.
At its core, it’s about going beyond reading and shifting how you think, feel, and show up in your everyday life.
Each month we read a recently published book exploring ideas from positive psychology: books concerned with happiness, purpose, relationships, emotions, vitality, goals, optimism, resilience — and every so often, we return to a timeless classic that still has something to teach us.
How it works
- At the beginning of the month, you’ll receive a thoughtfully chosen title and a reading guide.
- Get your hands on the book – borrow, buy, or listen to a copy.
- Read the book over the month.
- Enjoy the weekly reflection emails and take what resonates.
- At the end of the month, you’ll receive a worksheet to try a tiny experiment in your own life.
- Repeat with the next month’s book!
Everything is designed to support meaningful growth at your own pace. You stay in the book club until you want to leave.
There’s no charge for The Good Life but you source the book yourself.
May 2026 book club selection
Stop Chasing Happiness: A pessimist’s guide to a good life
By Frank Martela
The secret to happiness? Stop trying to find it – it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Finding happiness is less about learning new tricks and more about unlearning ways of thinking holding you back: Stop chasing happiness, stop obsessing over what others think, stop caring too much about how you feel, stop making sacrifices for personal success.
Here, academic and philosopher Frank Martela unpacks why we value happiness, and why chasing it is actually making you miserable. He reveals the secrets to Finland’s continued top rankings in the global happiness reports by showing that, actually, living with purpose and contentment is much more beneficial that striving to be happy.
Building on Frank’s personal encounters with people from all walks of life during travels around Finland and abroad, this book blends personal stories and quirky anecdotes with the latest scientific research and ancient traditions to deliver a strong message about how you should approach life: what you should stop doing and what you should start doing instead, to find an enduring sense of contentment and an energizing sense of purpose for your own life.