How People Matter
Why it Affects Health, Happiness, Love, Work, and Society

Mattering is about feeling valued and adding value. These components are essential for health, happiness, love, work, and social justice.

Isaac Prilleltensky (Author), Ora Prilleltensky (Author)

9781108969246, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 June 2021

348 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg

'Using humor, research, and real-life examples, Ora and Isaac Prilleltensky deftly lay out the foundation of why mattering is so important to wellbeing and happiness. Here they offer a practical approach to how we can feel valued and add value in all areas of life. This book is not only timely but also necessary for personal and systemic change.' Karen Guggenheim, social entrepreneur, co-founder of WOHASU Foundation and World Happiness Summit

Mattering, which is about feeling valued and adding value, is essential for health, happiness, love, work, and social well-being. We all need to feel valued by, and add value to, ourselves, others, co-workers, and community members. This book shows not only the signs, significance, and sources of mattering, but also presents the strategies to achieve mattering in our personal and professional lives. It uses research-based methods of change to help people achieve a higher sense of purpose and a deeper sense of meaning. Each chapter gives therapists, managers, teachers, parents, and healthcare professionals the tools needed to optimize personal and collective well-being and productivity. The volume explains how promoting mattering within communities fosters wellness and fairness in equal measure. By using the new science of feeling valued and adding value, the authors provide a guide to promoting happier lives and healthier societies.

Introduction
Part I. Understanding and Promoting Mattering: 1. The Mattering Wheel
2. Feeling Valued
3. Adding Value
4. Ways to Matter
Part II. Self: 5. Mattering through Mastery
6. Mattering through Self-Regard
Part III. Relationships: 7. Mattering in the Inner Circle
Part IV. Work: 8. Mattering in Teams
9. Mattering through Performance
Part V. Community: 10. Mattering in the Community
11. Mattering through Social Change
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Health psychology [MBNH9], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]