The Happiness Training Plan is an audio, self-help programme with 12 simple, practical steps to greater happiness based on recent findings from positive psychology, the science of well-being. The good news from this young science is that it is possible to develop our capacity for happiness - around 40% is under voluntary control. Optimism can be learnt and positive emotions not only feel good, they do you good too - building resources and moving you towards a state of flourishing. Each track on the CD offers a practical lesson in mood improvement with the assurance that all the strategies have the backing of scientific research. Chris Johnstone and Miriam Akhtar are both pioneers of positive psychology, who use the science daily in their work. They have condensed what is known about increasing happiness into twelve easy-to-learn strategies, which not only draw on the science of well-being but also on their experience as practitioners and their own personal experiences of recovery from depression.