Sherry Amatenstein's Take On Happiness

Being a therapist, Sherry Amatenstein comes in contact with many people who have unrealistic expectations of happiness.  Many of them believe being happy is a permanent state of mind, and that one single event can turn a life full of sorrow and depression into bliss.  What Sherry will inform every one of them is this is not the case; a happy life is a result of a positive outlook, and is still one that has negative occurrences along the way.  More importantly, Sherry helps them how they can make a difference in the happiness level in their own lives, not by telling them what they should do, but by telling them what they should not do.  This is an extremely useful tactic because it addresses the problem directly by informing unhappy individuals of what exactly they can change about their lives to make improvement.