Robert Holden (born 1965) is a British psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of

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and

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. He is the founder of The Happiness Project, which runs an eight-week course annually, called "Happiness Now", and the author of 10 best-selling books such as, ''Happiness NOW!'', ''Be Happy'', ''Success Intelligence'' and ''Shift Happens!''. He runs the

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(NHS) Stress Buster clinic, established first NHS "laughter clinic", and runs regular happiness workshops and seminars, with clients including employees of the NHS, the

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. Holden is a personal and professional coach, and the Director of The Happiness Project and Success Intelligence, through which he gives public lectures worldwide and holds public and corporate workshops and seminars for companies such as Dove, Virgin, The Body Shop and Unilever. The Happiness Project, founded in England, featured in on two

TV documentaries: ''The Happiness Formula'' and ''How to be Happy'' (

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). Holden does a weekly

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show on '' Hay House Radio'', and appeared on ''

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'' in April 2007.

Biography

Robert Holden was born in

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, Kenya. Robert Holden founded his NHS Stress Buster clinic, (laughter clinic) in 1989 in Birmingham, England. In 1994, he founded "The Happiness Project". In 2000, he founded Success Intelligence Ltd. He, Robert, is the author of ten books, published in 14 languages, including ''Be Happy: Release The Power of Happiness in YOU'', ''Happiness NOW!'', ''Laughter The Best Medicine'', ''Shift Happens!'': ''Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life'', ''Stress Busters'', and ''Success Intelligence'', and has also appeared on

.Robert Holden

Bibliography

* ''Balancing Work and life'', with Ben Renshaw. Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2002. . * Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast], ''Hay House, Oct 2007''. .
Success Intelligence
''Hay House, May 2009''. . * Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life, ''Jeffers Press, Oct 2006'', .
Be Happy: Release the power of happiness in YOU
''Hay House, April 2009'', . * Happiness NOW! Perpetual Flip Calendar, ''Hay House, Nov 2008''. . * Success NOW! Perpetual Flip Calendar. ''Hay House, Nov 2010''. . * Shift Happens!: How to Live and Inspired Life Starting from NOW!, ''Hay House, Sep 2010''. .
Happiness NOW!: Timeless wisdom for feeling good fast
''Hay House, Jan 2011''. .
Authentic Success: Essential Lessons and Practices from the World's Leading Coaching Program on Success Intelligence
Hay House, Inc, 2011. .

References

Interview

Book Excerpt: 'Be Happy: The Power of Happiness in You', Robert Holden
at

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External links

Official Robert Holden Website

Robert Holden – Official Contributor
at Oprah.com
Robert Holden on The Oprah Winfrey Show
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