Your happiness depends on who you’re with

Consider for a moment that much of what you believe about achieving happiness might be only part of the story. What if a crucial element–deeply integrated into our DNA and essential for our happiness–is largely overlooked by our culture and so-called happiness experts? What if other people’s moods, values, identities, and behaviors impact us far more powerfully than most of us realize?

Relationships are a critical part of our happiness. We instinctively know this is true, but how do they impact our happiness? Why are we so dependent on others? How do these needs play out psychologically and physiologically? Why and how do relationships matter to you? This book will help answer those questions. It will also show you how to harness your own relationships to create a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life.

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Happiness is not a solo sport, but a shared journey

We are hardwired to catch the moods of other people. For thousands of years it’s been a critical element to our very existence. Humans depend on group living–the tribe–to survive and group living depends upon being able to sync our moods. And it’s not just moods we catch and spread to others, it’s also our identity, behaviors and values.

In the Company You Keep, Avery Jo Flynn invites you to use the power of your social networks to transform your life for the better. Drawing on cutting-edge research, she demonstrates how moods, values, identities, and behaviors spread and how you can harness that contagiousness to live a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life.

Avery Jo Flynn lives on beautiful Fidalgo Island in Northwest Washington state. Her happiest place is sharing natural spaces with people she loves. She learned the lessons in this book the hard way–through trial and error, success and failure.

A military kid, Avery Jo has moved often and learned how to make the most of making new friends. Sometimes she comes up short, but she does her best to spread positive moods, values, identities and behaviors to others.