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What's Going Right: A Powerful New Method for Optimizing Your Mental Health
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Expected 5 May 26Based on the wildly popular four-part series on Andrew Huberman’s podcast, this affirming book from world-renowned and celebrity-endorsed psychiatrist, Dr. Paul Conti, offers a paradigm-shifting approach to optimizing mental health -- offering readers a proven way towards a joyful life.
More than one in five US adults are living with a mental illness. Since 2010, adults ages eighteen to twenty-five have experienced a 139 percent increase in anxiety. For all of the increasing and well-intended mental health resources at our immediate disposal, we could easily ask where we are going wrong. Yet, Dr. Paul Conti wants to know, “what's going right?”
Backed by celebrities and esteemed colleagues such as Lady GaGa, Peter Attia, and Kim Kardashian, Dr. Conti poses that the best place to start addressing our mental health isn’t in focusing on what’s going wrong, but rather what’s going right. And the key to embracing this new narrative is tapping into our often ignored and long over-looked generative drive, the primary factor that’s already going right in each of us. The generative drive helps you get things done, solve problems creatively, help others and feel connected to something larger than yourself. When activated, it brings you peace, contentment, and delight. With Dr. Conti’s notorious straightforward sincerity, he shares the exact method he uses on his patients and celebrity clients, offering readers a proven offramp from the toxic pursuits that keep them stuck and an onramp toward a joyful life.
More than one in five US adults are living with a mental illness. Since 2010, adults ages eighteen to twenty-five have experienced a 139 percent increase in anxiety. For all of the increasing and well-intended mental health resources at our immediate disposal, we could easily ask where we are going wrong. Yet, Dr. Paul Conti wants to know, “what's going right?”
Backed by celebrities and esteemed colleagues such as Lady GaGa, Peter Attia, and Kim Kardashian, Dr. Conti poses that the best place to start addressing our mental health isn’t in focusing on what’s going wrong, but rather what’s going right. And the key to embracing this new narrative is tapping into our often ignored and long over-looked generative drive, the primary factor that’s already going right in each of us. The generative drive helps you get things done, solve problems creatively, help others and feel connected to something larger than yourself. When activated, it brings you peace, contentment, and delight. With Dr. Conti’s notorious straightforward sincerity, he shares the exact method he uses on his patients and celebrity clients, offering readers a proven offramp from the toxic pursuits that keep them stuck and an onramp toward a joyful life.
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272 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication May 5, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
This was such a refreshing read. Instead of constantly focusing on what’s wrong with our mental health (which can feel exhausting), this book flips the script and asks what’s already going right instead.
I really liked how straightforward and approachable Dr. Conti is. He introduces the idea of our “generative drive”, which is basically the part of us that wants to grow, help others, problem solve, and feel connected, and shows how tapping into that can bring more peace and contentment into daily life. Nothing felt overly clinical or preachy.
The tools he shares, like self-inquiry, compassionate curiosity, relaxing the body, and reframing life stories, felt practical and doable rather than overwhelming. This book felt more like a supportive guide than a lecture.
I felt like this is a hopeful, grounding read that reminds us that healing doesn’t always start with fixing ourselves, but sometimes it starts with recognizing the good that’s already there.
Thank you to NetGalley, Paul Conti, and Balance for the eARC of this book.
I really liked how straightforward and approachable Dr. Conti is. He introduces the idea of our “generative drive”, which is basically the part of us that wants to grow, help others, problem solve, and feel connected, and shows how tapping into that can bring more peace and contentment into daily life. Nothing felt overly clinical or preachy.
The tools he shares, like self-inquiry, compassionate curiosity, relaxing the body, and reframing life stories, felt practical and doable rather than overwhelming. This book felt more like a supportive guide than a lecture.
I felt like this is a hopeful, grounding read that reminds us that healing doesn’t always start with fixing ourselves, but sometimes it starts with recognizing the good that’s already there.
Thank you to NetGalley, Paul Conti, and Balance for the eARC of this book.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
What's Going Right by Paul Conti. A mental health book that focuses on what is going right instead of what is wrong. An enlightening and encouraging read that has the reader looking into the skillsets they already have and ways to use them.
Thank you to the author, Grand Central Publishing - Balance and Netgalley for the opportunity to preview the book.
Thank you to the author, Grand Central Publishing - Balance and Netgalley for the opportunity to preview the book.
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