Resisting Happiness

By: Matthew Kelly

Narrated by: Matthew Kelly

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's Summary

A true story about why we sabotage ourselves, feel overwhelmed, set aside our dreams, and lack the courage to simply be ourselves...and how to start choosing happiness again!

Are you happy? It may be the wrong question. Most of us think we are relatively happy, while at the same time knowing that we could be happier - maybe even a lot happier. Ordinary people and the finest philosophers have been exploring the question of happiness for thousands of years, and theories abound. But this is not a book of theory. Resisting Happiness is a deeply personal, disarmingly transparent look at why we sabotage our own happiness and what to do about it. 

Are you overwhelmed? Do you procrastinate? Do you sometimes feel like you are your own worst enemy? Are you ignoring your dreams? Have you lost the courage to truly be yourself? Do you feel that your life lacks meaning and purpose? Do you find yourself avoiding the real issues in your life and focusing on the superficial? Do you ever wonder what God has to do with any of this? 

We all experience these feelings and doubts from time to time. But do you know what to do when you experience them? In this fascinating book, Matthew Kelly uses his signature combination of the profound and the practical to help us understand why we feel these things and how to rise above them. 

Breaking through resistance, Kelly tells us, is essential to becoming the person that God created us to be. 

What is resistance? It's that sluggish feeling of not wanting to do something that you know is good for you. It's the inclination to do something that you unabashedly know is not good for you. It's the desire and tendency to delay something you should be doing right now. 

It is resistance that stands between you and happiness. In this audiobook you will learn not only what it is, but how to recognize and conquer it in your own life.

©2016 Kakadu, LLC (P)2016 Kakadu, LLC

A must read!

Awesome, inspiring, a game changer! Matthew's philosophy as expressed in this book guides you through the simple steps we all can take to win in life while reconnecting with Catholicism in meaningful and very personal ways. I love that it is read by the author himself. Each point come across exactly as intended.

excellent read! got some for friends who struggle

the chapter on critics is essential to anyone who is trying to remove the negative forces from their lives and rebuild

Not what I expected but great

Not a Catholic at all, but some great wisdom here if you're willing to hear it.

loved this book despite all the talk about God

loved everything he said and it motivated me to be better which I have been struggling with. but I wish in the description of the book it mentioned it has a lot about religion because it never mentioned that but had it done that I probably would not have bought it so things happen for a reason. Matthew Kelly thank you. you are inspiring and I am trying to be the best version of myself.

honest reflection and advice

I would recommend this book to anyone, regardless of faith, background and demographic. I wish I had this book 20 yrs ago.

All about God

Within 10 minutes this book became all about God and why you need God in your life. That’s fine for people who are religious, but for people who aren’t, I would have preferred to know this was a religious rather than secular book before I downloaded it.

Disappointed. Not what I expected.

I believe in God and welcome him into my life. The description of the book did not give any indication that this was the premise of the book.

This is a hard book to listen to but very important indeed.

I found this book very enlightening and insightful, we all have some type or resistance in some form to overcome. I will listen again and work on improving myself as a Christian of God. I would recommend this book to everyone.

Religion packaged as a panacea.

I was really looking forward to this book. It got great reviews and high ratings. I couldn’t finish it. I’m not against religion, by any means, but I felt tricked into a conversion class. I finally turned it off when he mentioned a letter sent to him requesting prayers for someone’s daughter who had been suicidal. She was seeing a therapist now and “doing better” but she had “turned away from God” and “was questioning her sexuality.” So, she was happier and no longer wanted to hurt herself, but the bigger concern is being agnostic and gay? Ok, then. I gave the book 2 stars, because I didn’t finish it and don’t want to be unfair. If you’re religious, maybe it’ll even help you, but I wanted to write this review for those of us who are mature enough to make our own decisions in life without being tricked into some unwanted conversion. And to the author, if you ever see this. I’m happy for you that religion helped you turn your life around. There are plenty of religious people in this world that don’t need to be tricked into reading your book. Try being honest about yourself and your product, and I’m sure you’ll do just find without the false advertising. Last note: that cover photo seems like a real passive aggressive f u to those looking for useful, possibly empirically validated tools for moving past resistance. Be better than that.

loved it

thanks Matthew Kelly. This book really does deliver what it promises. But not because I just read it but because it's riding inspired me to make changes in my life. I will recommend this book to anyone at any stage in life.

Religion heavy

Although the points regarding resistance are good and worth making, the relation to religion is quite heavy, and verging catholic propaganda (I say with a mischievous twinkle in my eye and a cheeky grin). But in all seriousness, if you don’t believe in Christianity or aren’t really open to believing in it then I would highly recommend avoiding this and going for Steven Pressfield’s- WAR OF ART. At the heart it the same moral but completely avoids the ego-sensicle (if that’s even a phrase?!) story’s of guiding people and of course, you guessed it, religious overtone.