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How can we create a thriving life for us all that doesn't come at the price of ecological destruction? This book calls to explore our collective and personal convictions about success and good life. It challenges the mainstream worldview, rooted in economics, that equates happiness with pleasure, and encourages greed, materialism, egoism and disconnection. Drawing on science and ancient Greek philosophers the author details how we can cultivate our skills for enjoying life without harming ourselves or others, and can live an autonomous, creative and connected life. Complementary to our intellectual understanding, the experiential method of role play and theatre can powerfully facilitate the exploration of the inner drivers and hindrances of a thriving life.

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The book is an interdisciplinary masterpiece that, while it builds upon the schools of philosophy and research traditions related to sustainability, it also breaks with them, with its rather novel approach and unique methodology. Andras Balo, Journal of the Corvinus University, Budapest (English translation)

We all want to be doing well in their lives, but are we going about it in the right way? In this impassioned book, Orsolya Lelkes argues that some of our desires and habits sabotage both our own quest for happiness and the well-being of society. However, change is possible, and can be reached by a better understanding of our relationships with ourselves and others. As we re-evaluate our priorities in a post-pandemic world, the message that sustainable well-being is attainable without consumerism will resonate with many. Andrew Clark, Paris School of Economics The book is an interdisciplinary masterpiece that, while it builds upon the schools of philosophy and research traditions related to sustainability, it also breaks with them, with its rather novel approach and unique methodology. Andras Balo, Journal of the Corvinus University, Budapest (English translation)

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Orsolya Lelkes is an independent scholar and psychological counsellor, former Deputy Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna and former Head of Economic Research at Hungarian Ministry of Finance. Her website can be found at https://lelkes.at/en/orsolya-lelkes/

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