Robert Holden (author)

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website = http://www.happiness.co.uk Dr. Robert Holden is a psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of positive psychology and well-being. He is a laugh therapist [ [http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/stress/tfs_laugh.html Laugh therapist at Channel 4] ] and the author of best selling books like, Happiness Now! [ [http://www.oprah.com/tows/booksseen/200704/tows_book_20070411_rholden.jhtml Happiness now on Oprah] ]

Robert is a personal and professional coach, and the head of the Deep & Meaningful Training Co., through which he gives public lectures worldwide and holds training seminars for corporates like Dove, Virgin, The Body Shop and Unilever, and for public alike. [ [http://www.jefferspress.com/robert_holden.cfm Public speaking at jefferspress] ]

He is the founder-director of The Happiness Project in England, a unique project featured in on two major BBC TV documentaries - ‘The Happiness Formula’ and also the award-winning ‘How to be Happy’. [ [http://www.hayhouseradio.com/liveevents/index.php?show_id=56&episode_id=2937 Robert Holden at Hayhouseradio] ]

Biography

After receiving his Ph.D. in the Psychology, Robert did some pioneering work in the field of positive psychology and in 1991 launched the UK's first laughter clinics [ [http://www.celebrityspeakers.com.au/brspeaker_bio.asp?Speaker_Index_Text=120 Robert Holden at Celebrity speakers] ] and later he set the the Happiness Project in 1995.

Robert is the author of 10 books, published in 14 languages, [ [http://www.speakerscorner.co.uk/file/c8a22f4f3cdefe164fe36828b34caf0f/holden-robert.html Profile at speakerscorner] ] including Laughter The Best Medicine, Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life, Stress Busters, and Success Intelligence, and has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007. [ [http://www.oprah.com/tows/slide/200704/20070411/slide_20070411_350_103.jhtml Robert Holden on Oprah] ]

Bibliography

* Laughter The Best Medicine: The Healing Powers of Happiness, Humour and Joy, "Thorsons, March 1999", ISBN 0722528272.
* Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast, "Hodder Headline, Oct 1999". ISBN 0340713097.
* Success Intelligence, "Hodder Mobius,Oct 2005". ISBN 0340830182.
* Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life, "Jeffers Press, Oct 2006", ISBN 0977761827.

References

ee also

* Happiness

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/stress/tfs_laugh.html Laugh your way to Happiness, Channel 4]