Overview

Grow closer to your family with this new book by the author of the hit 190k copies sold self-help bestseller 'A Year Of Us'. Happy Family is a simple and thought-provoking gift book for you and your family, underwritten by the real expertise of its brilliant and fully credentialed US-based author Alicia Munoz. It will show you the huge gains you can make if you spend 15 minutes per day having fun and sharing meaningful conversations with the people that you love the most - even if they sometimes drive you mad. The creative, quirky and inspiring questions in this book get families talking, laughing, and sharing details about their inner and outer lives, helping them get to understand one another better, become more understanding and patient, and deepen IRL connection in an age of ubiquitous smart phones. Whether readers find themselves disconnected on long car rides, regularly eating in silence around a dining room table, or at a loss for words during family gatherings, birthday parties or at holiday events, the 250 questions in this book are unique and thought-provoking enough to get the extroverts listening and the introverts talking. Even for close, expressive families, this book will offer new angles and ideas on familiar themes, providing tools to help readers create a culture of curiosity and communication around topics that matter most to families, highlighting the shared history, unique roles, and evolving developmental stages of different family members, from thoughtful toddlers to reluctant teenagers and elderly relatives. It is a book to bind you together.

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Grow closer to your family with this new book by the author of the hit 190k copies sold self-help bestseller 'A Year Of Us'. Happy Family is a simple and thought-provoking gift book for you and your family, underwritten by the real expertise of its brilliant and fully credentialed US-based author Alicia Munoz. It will show you the huge gains you can make if you spend 15 minutes per day having fun and sharing meaningful conversations with the people that you love the most - even if they sometimes drive you mad. -- Sue Oshin * NetGalley * This will work better as a physical book than an ebook. It has many great ideas that I am excited to do with my family. I love that it is just 15 minutes a day. I can see some of the activities being done engaging it will take longer but the family won't mind. -- Vanessa Eyre, Librarian * NetGalley * I love the heart and the ""why"" behind this book. The questions are great, offering family members a chance to be honest, kind, and reflective. Though many of the questions feel designed for kids, they can still apply adults, too. I like that there's space to record answers, though you might have to write small :) My only wishes about the book would be for more organization, and for the family soft skills inventory to be at the beginning AND end of the book, since the author suggested doing it twice. Overall, this is a great resource for families with older kids (I'd say 6+) who want to connect more. I really love the questions. I give it 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Thank you to NetGalley, John Murray Press, and Sheldon Press for the free eARC! I post this review with my honest opinions. This review is crossposted to Goodreads. It will be on Amazon and Instagram within a week of the book's publication. -- Katie C * NetGalley * As a fellow therapist/social worker and mom, I enjoyed reading the beginning of this journal about why the author chose to create this book. The modern family is so incredibly busy, mine included, that I feel these prompts will provide unique conversation starters that can open the door for deeper, more authentic conversations and moments with our families. My children are too young to participate in every question but I have written down many of my favorites that I think are applicable to our current family structure. Additionally, I think it opens the conversation between my husband and I on what type of environment we want to foster for our children. The questions provided are not basic questions you can find anywhere else, I feel as though they were crafted with care from someone experienced in emotional intelligence, communication styles, and parenthood, to really provide a wide range of engaging, thought-provoking, and fun inducing prompts. -- Cheyenne Betancourt * NetGalley * Grow closer to your family with this new book by the author of the hit 190k copies sold self-help bestseller 'A Year Of Us'. Happy Family is a simple and thought-provoking gift book for you and your family, underwritten by the real expertise of its brilliant and fully credentialed US-based author Alicia Munoz. It will show you the huge gains you can make if you spend 15 minutes per day having fun and sharing meaningful conversations with the people that you love the most - even if they sometimes drive you mad. -- Sue Oshin * NetGalley * This will work better as a physical book than an ebook. It has many great ideas that I am excited to do with my family. I love that it is just 15 minutes a day. I can see some of the activities being done engaging it will take longer but the family won't mind. -- Vanessa Eyre * NetGalley * I love the heart and the ""why"" behind this book. The questions are great, offering family members a chance to be honest, kind, and reflective. Though many of the questions feel designed for kids, they can still apply adults, too. I like that there's space to record answers, though you might have to write small :) My only wishes about the book would be for more organization, and for the family soft skills inventory to be at the beginning AND end of the book, since the author suggested doing it twice. Overall, this is a great resource for families with older kids (I'd say 6+) who want to connect more. I really love the questions. I give it 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Thank you to NetGalley, John Murray Press, and Sheldon Press for the free eARC! I post this review with my honest opinions. This review is crossposted to Goodreads. It will be on Amazon and Instagram within a week of the book's publication. -- Katie C * NetGalley * As a fellow therapist/social worker and mom, I enjoyed reading the beginning of this journal about why the author chose to create this book. The modern family is so incredibly busy, mine included, that I feel these prompts will provide unique conversation starters that can open the door for deeper, more authentic conversations and moments with our families. My children are too young to participate in every question but I have written down many of my favorites that I think are applicable to our current family structure. Additionally, I think it opens the conversation between my husband and I on what type of environment we want to foster for our children. The questions provided are not basic questions you can find anywhere else, I feel as though they were crafted with care from someone experienced in emotional intelligence, communication styles, and parenthood, to really provide a wide range of engaging, thought-provoking, and fun inducing prompts. -- Cheyenne Betancourt * NetGalley *

Grow closer to your family with this new book by the author of the hit 190k copies sold self-help bestseller 'A Year Of Us'. Happy Family is a simple and thought-provoking gift book for you and your family, underwritten by the real expertise of its brilliant and fully credentialed US-based author Alicia Munoz. It will show you the huge gains you can make if you spend 15 minutes per day having fun and sharing meaningful conversations with the people that you love the most - even if they sometimes drive you mad. -- Sue Oshin * NetGalley * This will work better as a physical book than an ebook. It has many great ideas that I am excited to do with my family. I love that it is just 15 minutes a day. I can see some of the activities being done engaging it will take longer but the family won't mind. -- Vanessa Eyre * NetGalley * I love the heart and the ""why"" behind this book. The questions are great, offering family members a chance to be honest, kind, and reflective. Though many of the questions feel designed for kids, they can still apply adults, too. I like that there's space to record answers, though you might have to write small :) My only wishes about the book would be for more organization, and for the family soft skills inventory to be at the beginning AND end of the book, since the author suggested doing it twice. Overall, this is a great resource for families with older kids (I'd say 6+) who want to connect more. I really love the questions. I give it 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Thank you to NetGalley, John Murray Press, and Sheldon Press for the free eARC! I post this review with my honest opinions. This review is crossposted to Goodreads. It will be on Amazon and Instagram within a week of the book's publication. -- Katie C * NetGalley * As a fellow therapist/social worker and mom, I enjoyed reading the beginning of this journal about why the author chose to create this book. The modern family is so incredibly busy, mine included, that I feel these prompts will provide unique conversation starters that can open the door for deeper, more authentic conversations and moments with our families. My children are too young to participate in every question but I have written down many of my favorites that I think are applicable to our current family structure. Additionally, I think it opens the conversation between my husband and I on what type of environment we want to foster for our children. The questions provided are not basic questions you can find anywhere else, I feel as though they were crafted with care from someone experienced in emotional intelligence, communication styles, and parenthood, to really provide a wide range of engaging, thought-provoking, and fun inducing prompts. -- Cheyenne Betancourt * NetGalley *

Author Information

Alicia Munoz is a writer, counselor and couples therapist. She has written four books and has extensive qualifications in Imago Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy. Over the last two decades she has worked in private clinics, New York City's Bellevue Hospital and private practice. Passionate about therapy, Alicia shares her views on the power of committed love-partnerships and healthy family dynamics on her blog as well as in Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today, and on The Good Men Project.

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