Simply Happy: Pocket book of positivity

by Bruce Spydar

Simply Happy is designed as both an e-book to carry on you mobile phone, and a pocket paperback book which is great as a gift, or to carry around to promote your own happiness and wellbeing. Many people find it helpful to have frequent prompts and reminders to boost their mood and wellbeing. If you are looking for just one self-help book on happiness… then this is it. Simply Happy is a concise pocket version of Spydar’s How to Capture Happiness, which introduced the SPIDER model of happiness. Building from some basic theoretical psychology, and aided by some inspiring quotations, the SPIDER model is a visual framework through which you can make sense of the context of your life, and appreciate it in a different way. It will facilitate a better understanding of yourself, and your thoughts and behaviours, and thus enable you to promote your own happiness habits as part of a balanced and fulfilled life. Based on a spider’s web, the model promotes greater connection to the natural world.

61 pages, Paperback

Published April 10, 2020

About the author

Bruce Spydar used to wear a suit, work in an office, and get paid to lead teams of staff working for international nature conservation. Today he possesses no suit that fits, has no office nor staff, and he doesn’t get paid … although he still volunteers in support of nature.

For the last few years, Bruce has thrown himself into writing. Perhaps it’s a last-ditch attempt to harness his creativity, before his brain turns to mush. On many an afternoon he can be spotted gazing out of an upstairs window of his house near Cambridge, searching for inspiration.

Bruce describes himself as writing with a kind heart and a naughty mind. Personal experience has taught him that everyday life is rather full of struggles, and that happiness and laughter are too often in short supply. It’s why he now chooses to focus his creativity towards sharing his humour and positivity.

Humorous fiction:

Educating BJ

Educating BJ is a rose-tinted (or tainted) portrait of undergraduate life; a commoner’s experience of fun, friendships, and frustration. Spun from real-life events, and as factual as any government record, Educating BJ is my story … and I hope you enjoy it.

The Shy Backpacker series

Diary of a Shy Backpacker is a naughty travel romcom; a series of the adventures of a young man trying to make some sense of his life during his gap year travels. It is life-based fiction expanding from some of the author’s own adventures decades ago. Part 1: Awakening Down Under is set in Australia, Part 2: Eye on the Prize moves to New Zealand, and in Part 3: No Looking Back, BJ, the main character is crossing Canada.

Refining My Dining is a deliciously s3xy romcom, in which the world is seen through the eyes of Megan Turner. It’s a standalone tale, but if you’ve read Diary of a Shy Backpacker, you’ll have met her before.

Caution: Adults only - contains tasty language and scenes of a sexual nature.

Non-Fiction: Self-help

Unboxing: The ART of Happiness ... is for anyone seeking to re-boot their positivity. Simple, practical, and positive, the book combines life experience, logic, and basic psychology to show how we can feel happier and more resilient in everyday life. The ART of Happiness is the tool of a positive mind, and Unboxing reveals how to use it.

Spydar’s Web: How to Capture Happiness ... is aimed towards encouragement of positive thinking and improvement of our happiness and well-being. The SPIDER model is a simple visual tool that can be an effective prompt for promoting many of the things we know enhance our own happiness, and discouraging us from falling into bad habits.
Bruce continues to write … and you can follow him on Instagram (@brucespydar).

Reviews

[T.A. Rosewood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely little book to keep referring back to and learning self love and about being happy.
The graphics help and the quotes are well chosen.
Good one Bruce.