HeyJaredBeyond Happy
The personal blog of Mark Fabian, associate professor of public policy at the University of Warwick and author of the book, forthcoming in April 2025, Beyond Happy: An Honest Guide to Wellbeing.
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Teaser: The biggest myth in self help (opens the original)
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When we were preparing my book Beyond Happy for market, my publisher told me that our messages should be:We want easy, small changes, big results. This is the biggest myth in self-help, but it sells. If you’re the one people turn to for guidance on wellbeing, this myth doesn’t just mislead you; it’s often the thing you’re being asked to sell too. The most successful books often take the opposite truth - hard, big changes, modest results - and package them in this myth. You then sell books, some
Wellbeing as complex system (opens the original)
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Apologies to any of my readers who aren’t academics; this one is pretty technical. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="648" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ahyb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po
New archetypes of masculinity (opens the original)
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I’m doing an episode of the Mind over Masculinity podcast in a couple of weeks as part of the US publicity run for Beyond Happy, which launches there December 8. In order to lock in for my quick 30 minute slot (it’s a daily podcast 😳) I thought I’d write up my comments ahead of time. What I’ve got below draws on a few parts of my book, but especially the final part of chapter 9 on new mythologies for the 21st centu
Lessons from week 1 of parenting (opens the original)
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Last week, my wife and I had a baby. I’ve been tripping on oxytocin ever since. I was in the bakery on day three and this guy was asking about lactose free butter, vegan sandwiches, where the beans were roasted, all while a queue of 8 people stood behind him - the sort of stuff that would usually make me boil. But I was chill. Maaaate, take your time. Part of this is that I’m on paternity leave and, more importantly, I had cleared my workstream in preparation for paternity leave and so I don’t h
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