The book
Building Happiness
A thoughtful, practical and inspiring guide to understanding happiness not as an accident, but as an inner work to build, protect and share.
Why this book may speak to you
Understand yourself better
Identify your values, your patterns, and what truly nourishes your inner balance.
Strengthen your inner balance
Build solid foundations to get through hard times without losing your direction.
Build healthier relationships
Learn to share, set boundaries, and build bonds that last.
Give more meaning to your daily life
Turn ordinary gestures into a conscious accumulation of moments that matter.
Build a lasting, authentic happiness
Move from a passing emotion to a way of inhabiting your life with coherence.
Protect what you build
Recognize what weakens your balance and learn to preserve it over time.
A journey in four parts
Part I
Understanding happiness
Part II
The foundations of happiness
Part III
Shared happiness
Part IV
Becoming the architect of your own happiness
A few chapters
- What happiness is not
- What is happiness?
- The foundations of happiness
- Sustaining happiness
- Why share happiness?
- The fruits of happiness
- Happiness is built
Lionel's Notebooks
- The Fountain Effect
- Beyond the edges of your comfort zone
- Leaving nothing behind
- Carving your own path
“We do not always choose the ground on which our life begins. But we can learn to recognize our materials, strengthen our foundations, and consciously build what we wish to inhabit.”
— Lionel Louidor