Acknowledgements

We are extremely grateful to Rachael Stock, our excellent editor at Pearson. You Can Be Happy wouldn’t be the book it is without her enthusiasm, encouragement and consistently judicious advice.

Many thanks, as ever, to our wonderful agent Zoe King at the Blair Partnership; to the new Oxford psychologists Nicole Butcher and Rachel Lister for their careful reading of the typescript and helpful comments; and to the many friends and family members with whom we’ve discussed the issues in this book over recent months. With respect to the latter, Daniel would particularly like to acknowledge the birthday dinner discussion with Nick, Mary, Jill and Tom.

One of the key findings of research into happiness is that few things in life are more important for our well-being than the people closest to us. So with this in mind, Jason would like to thank Eleanor, Ethan, Evelyn and Jude: theory in practice!

We are grateful to the authors of the self-assessment questionnaires for permission to include their work in You Can Be Happy. The Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale, reproduced on p.11, was funded by the Scottish Executive National Programme for improving mental health and well-being, commissioned by NHS Health Scotland, developed by the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh, and is jointly owned by NHS Health Scotland, the University of Warwick and the University of Edinburgh. Web link: http://www.healthscotland.com/understanding/population/Measuring-positive-mental-health.aspx