Samantha Boardman is a clinical instructor in psychiatry and an attending psychiatrist at Weill Cornell Medical College. She received a BA from Harvard University, an MD from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and an MA in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the founder of positiveprescription.com, a website devoted to making tweaks and changes that are life-enhancing and resilience-building by combining conventional medicine and psychiatry with positive psychology. She has been featured on TODAY, is a regular contributor to HuffPost and Psychology Today, and has written for New York Magazine, Refinery 29, Goop, The Wall Street Journal, and Marie Claire.
"Boardman’s most successful argument is that society’s focus on
self-care does more harm than good, as building community and
finding supportive friends and family is crucial to well-being,
while focusing too much on the self can increase rumination and,
ultimately, depression. . . . By encouraging readers to
'override the urge to do what’s easy but empty,' Boardman’s helpful
suggestions rise above the standard self-help fare."
—Publishers Weekly
“If you would like to live a more fulfilled life, Samantha Boardman
has exactly what you need. Everyday Vitality is one part memoir,
one part wisdom from years of experience as a psychiatrist, and one
part cutting edge scientific evidence. Brilliant, warm, and best of
all—an actionable guide to a life well-lived.”
—Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author of Grit: The
Power of Passion and Perseverance
“An insightful, uplifting read about how to bring more liveliness
into our lives. Whereas most psychiatrists focus on alleviating
mental illness, Samantha Boardman cares deeply about promoting
mental health too. She combines an impressive command of science
with deep empathy for her patients. If you’re depressed, burned
out, or languishing, this book is brimming with practical ideas—and
even if you’re flourishing, it’s full of valuable reminders for
sustaining energy and well-being.”
—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think
Again
"As its title promises, Samantha Boardman’s Everyday Vitality
is an essential guide to building and
maintaining a fundamental quality that promotes
resilience and joy in daily life. Drawing upon her own clinical
experience and a wealth of research, she demonstrates that the key
to finding fulfillment is not only by focusing
on ourselves, but by engaging with others and with
the world—which now more than ever is a timely and welcome
prescription."
—Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
“In this gloriously insightful, intimate, eminently readable book,
Samantha Boardman has captured and extended the dynamics of
positive psychology, teaching us how to rebuild our lives and
invest them with joy. Mixing rigorous scholarship with
sophisticated common sense and an underlying generosity of spirit,
she writes in readable, accessible, captivating terms about how to
experience the world more fully and richly. Her flashes of profound
insight, her mastery of the complexities of her topic, her gentle
sense of humor, and her cheerful celebration of our capacity to
achieve positive change all make this a must-read for anyone who
seeks meaning and fulfillment. This is a brilliant and necessary
volume, written with grace, style, and, most of all, a deeply
moving compassion.”
—Andrew Solomon, author of National Book Critics Circle Award
winner Far from the Tree and National Book Award winner The Noonday
Demon
“In this insightful book with wise and often counterintuitive
advice for achieving vitality and combatting stress, Boardman turns
the idea of ‘self-help’ on its head, reminding us the power of
vitality comes from our orientation to worlds larger than our own.
This is the book we all need!”
—Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Associate Professor, Harvard University
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