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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Your brain is constantly looking for bad news.
Chapter 3: An excess of pleasure and possessions isn’t the path to happiness.
Chapter 4: It’s completely normal to feel insecure, anxious, and angry.
Chapter 5: Happy people have fewer friends and private romance.
Chapter 6: Having an exceptional amount of money won’t buy you joy.
Chapter 7: High IQ and lofty intellectual ambitions aren’t all that important.
Chapter 8: Your relationship with your body is far from joyful.
Description
What’s it about?
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary (2019) explores the surprising benefits of being an average Joe. From money to intelligence to relationships, it reveals the pleasures of being perfectly ordinary.
Who Should Listen
Who’s it for?
Anxious souls looking for reassurance
Lovers of popular science books
Anyone interested in evolutionary psychology
About the Authors
About the author
Catherine Gray is an English journalist and author. Her first book, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, was a UK best seller.