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November, 2009
Dear Editor/Producer:
They are words directly from Kristen Houghton’s forthcoming book, And THEN I’ll Be Happy! Stop
Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First, (GPP Life, ISBN 978-0-7627-5433-5,
Paperback, $14.95, December, 2009) and they are spoken by the First Lady herself.
“Put yourself first on your priority list.”
In an interview by Jenice Armstrong of The Philadelphia Daily News, Mrs. Obama’s message to women
is that it’s all about making yourself happy. She goes on to say,
"Throughout my life, I've learned to make choices that make me happy and make sense for me. Even
my husband is happier when I'm happy. So I have freed myself to put me on the priority list and say,
yes, I can make choices that make me happy and that will ripple and benefit my kids, my husband and
my physical health. That's hard for women to own. We're not taught to do that. It's a lesson that I want
to teach my girls so they don't wait for their 'aha' moment until they are in their thirties like I was."
Michelle Obama is right on target when she says that the happiness and well-being of her husband
and children depends in large part on her own happiness. Author Kristen Houghton explains in her
new book, a happy woman is able to do more for others because she is not frustrated by her own
unhappiness.
Drawing from real-life stories of women she interviewed who had postponed their own happiness and
from her own personal search for that "elusive state of happiness," Kristen covers many topics,
including:
• Why women are willing to sacrifice their own goals to make other people happy first.
• Taking charge of your own happiness now.
• How to avoid being a 'have-not' and live successfully.
• Why being the 'good girl' is good for everyone else but you.
• The importance of having a 'me' in the 'we' of every relationship.
• Parenting without losing your own identity.
• Using crucial keys to unlock the doors to personal happiness.
• Dealing with, surviving, and recovering from an affair with your self-esteem intact.
• Nurturing, loving, and accepting yourself while still making positive changes.
• How to find a healthy relationship that will enhance your life.
• Saying no to others and reclaiming your life.
• How to stop being afraid to try.
• Understanding the 'myth of perfection'.
• Creating and preparing for opportunities
I look forward to discussing media opportunities for this title. Please contact me at the information
below, Thank you.
Contact: Allyson Coughlin, Publicist
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And THEN I'll Be Happy!
Stop Sabotaging Your Happiness and Put Your Own Life First
By Kristen Houghton
Foreword by Dr. Janet Taylor
Have you ever sacrificed your own happiness trying to make someone else happy? No big deal,
happiness can wait. And—duh—it does. But it doesn’t have to. In a beguiling blend of practical advice
and humor, Kristen Houghton debunks the myths about how and when women find happiness. She
presents true stories of women who put their happiness on hold for different reasons, provides tips on
what readers can do to avoid similar problems, and identifies the major mindsets that keep women
from achieving happiness.
Within the pages of And Then I’ll Be Happy!, relationship writer and former saboteur of her own
happiness, Kristen Houghton, gives women the tools they need to shake off the unhappiness
epidemic. With this book, women everywhere—whether in the midst of their careers, choosing to be
stay-at-home moms, or caring for aging parents—can put their happiness right where it belongs: in
the present.
About the Author
Kristen Houghton writes the exceedingly popular column, Relationships, for Examiner.com, reaching
millions of readers worldwide. She is a regular guest on radio talk shows. To learn more about the
book visit www.andthenillbehappy.com or www.kristenhoughton.com. Dr. Janet Taylor, who wrote the
foreword for the book, is a psychiatrist and clinical instructor in psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr.
Taylor is also a contributor to the 'Today' show on NBC, CNN, O, The Oprah Magazine and Family
Circle magazine.
And THEN I'll Be Happy!
By Kristen Houghton
Foreword by Dr. Janet Taylor
ISBN 978-0-7627-5433-5 • $14.95 • Paperback • 5 ½ x 8 ½ • 256 pages • December 22, 2009
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From the Introduction:
“You’ve done it again. You sacrificed your own happiness trying to make someone else happy. You
assigned your happiness, one more time, to some future date, “in a galaxy far, far away.” Hey, it’s no
big deal, your happiness can wait. After all, you have to make sure everyone else in your life is happy
before you even can consider being so! Only good little girls who sacrifice their lives for every single
person in their small universe are allowed to be happy, right?
It is also possible that you may be a “settler”—a woman who feels she may never get what she wants
and so sabotages her chances for happiness by settling for less than she should have. It is
unfortunately too common a practice for women. You may settle for less of a relationship, less of a
career, less of a home, all because you feel that what you really want is way out of your range. In
settling you undermine your prospects for happiness and become another woman who thinks that she
will be happy sometime, somehow in the future. Some women settle for marriage and motherhood
because they’re told that this is what they should want. But not all women are cut out to be wives and
mothers. Settling for what others tell you that you should have shortchanges your own life’s value…
You are the “unworthy one,” a woman who never feels she deserves to be happy until she has met
the criteria for success. Unfortunately those criteria are usually conceived and written by someone
else who really knows nothing at all about you. You are being duped. The biggest problem is that,
whether you are the good girl or the unworthy one, you keep sabotaging your chances for happiness
all by yourself with no help from anyone else. And then you wonder why you’re never happy!”
About the Author
Kristen Houghton is a nationally syndicated columnist for Examiner.com, an affiliate of the Examiner
Newsmagazine Organization, where her highly popular “Relationships” column reaches readers
worldwide. She has been writing about relationship issues and how to live a personally successful life
for more than ten years. Kristen is a frequent media contributor and speaker.
Believing that women and men can make personal changes that will enable them to live successfully
and well, Kristen dispenses solid, practical advice to help her readers achieve their goals. Her innate
ability to offer reality based solutions to life’s problems has garnered her praise from fans and critics
alike.
She is a strong advocate for human rights, empowerment for women, and the National Literacy
Program. Kristen also lends her support to the North Shore Animal League and Broadway Barks and
is an enthusiastic patron of the arts.
As a well-respected educator, Kristen has taught International Languages and Cultures on the
secondary school and university levels. Writing, however, has always been her first passion, and she
was able to combine her love of words and language to launch a new career in journalism.
Happily married, she and her husband Alan reside in the New York metropolitan area. Kristen seeks
to find happiness insights every day and pass them along to her readers. Please visit: www.
andthenillbehappy.com or www.kristenhoughton.com for stories on happiness and keys to living
successfully and well.
And THEN I'll Be Happy!
ISBN 978-0-7627-5433-5 • $14.95 • Paperback • 5 ½ x 8 ½ • 256 pages • December 22, 2009
GPP Life is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press