How to Be Single and Happy: Science-Based Strategies for Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate

Great read, puts things in perspective and reassures you you’re not the only one in the world feeling the way you do when you put yourself out there to date. Great to read while your dating, but probably a lot better to read first before dating and reference back to chapters as it applies to your situation and as things come up. The author really did a great job of breaking things down into categories/chapters with great situational examples. Whenever I’d have one of those questioning moments- is this right?, is this normal? Or what the hell!!! There was something written about what I was thinking/feeling. It made me feel better and I continued to have confidence in myself and not settling for things that weren’t good for me.

I liked that this book was easy to read while giving insightful psychology knowledge and naming techniques. It included the authors personal stories and those of clients and some people she knew to put techniques from psychology studies and meditation studies into practice. I got this book and will reference probably the rest of the time im single. Anyone who wishes they could be happy single needs to read this book. Or if you have a loved one who you think could use it suggest it to them. Its not a magic pill but promises to help you learn to be single with him and psychology. 5 stars

This book was a great read. It not only spoke on intimate relationships. It gave much wisdom on all relationships. I am renewed in my choices, my desires and my acceptance on being single. This is a must read.

In our time, when over half of adult American women are unmarried, the first good thing about this book is that it names the elephant in the room -- and its accompanying dilemma, which I hear constantly from single women in my office: Should I work on finding happiness being single, or go back to the misery of dating? A phrase from the book's subtitle, "Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate," might serve as a hint that the author has a new perspective on the subject. Read the introduction, and you'll be convinced this is so. Dr Taitz wisely states early on, "The prettier the picture, the less truth it tells." This should obviously be placed as a permanent post-it on everyone in the world's Facebook page -- and it turns out to have been true in the author's own single life as well. Having learned from much hard experience to manage the "full catastrophe" of it, she's more than qualified to give advice on the subject. And the advice she gives, gathered from her work with hundreds of single people and a professional lifetime of learning and applying the latest science, is well worth heeding. Not only is this book an excellent primer on mindfulness practice -- an essential skill, it turns out, for anyone navigating single-hood. It also thoughtfully provides other resources that most other such books on the subject leave out. For example, there's a wonderfully clear guide to the latest egg-freezing technologies. And an even-handed weighing of the benefits and risks of "hooking up." All in all, I'd rank this book among the best out there on the subject. Definitely 5 stars.

I’m not a big reader, but I obviously bought this book at a time when I feeling like I was becoming impatient with my single status. I used to light a candle, cozy up under my electric blanket and read this book. I felt like the author was my friend telling me stories. Helping me see I wasn’t alone in the way I was feeling and reminding me to focus on the things in my life that I do have control of. I got about halfway through the book before I found myself in a new relationship. (Perhaps because I was in a better mindset?) I was actually kinda bummed I didn’t finish the book because it was good and I was proud of myself for making it halfway through a book. I decided to keep reading and I questioned if it was weird to do so because I wasn’t single. The more I read, I realized it’s not weird at all. It still is a book about self love. I’ve heard that a relationship should be the cherry on top to your already awesome life. So I’ve continued reading this book for comfort and reminders. I haven’t finished it yet, but I will. I actually recommended this book to my single friend and she bought it and has liked it so far.

I really enjoyed this book and began using the tips immediately (ie volunteering, meditation, finishing my own book - a personal goal). The title is too narrow in scope though. As a single person, I'm glad I found it but I want others to find it too. This isn't about finding a partner but learning how to feel fulfilled on your own, which may or may not make you more interesting to another when they come along but will definitely make you feel as if you're contributing to society and achieving goals. It wasn't until the last couple of pages that the author mentions her friend Cory read a draft and said this book isn't for single people but for people who want to live a better life. I wholeheartedly agree! I recently read another book on being single and there weren't any actionable steps in the book, just a bunch of whining. I highlighted the heck out of this book and will definitely read it again for reinforcement of concepts.

Amazing book ! A treasure to have.

I cannot judge the book because i didn’t read the whole of it. Anyway if you’re a man the book wasn’t written for you and cannot help you with your struggle. So just find yourself another one

This isn't a book for single women; it's actually a hugely useful book for a whole range of people in different situations. I read it in a couple of days, and was impressed by the breadth of scholarship and the really good examples and techniques Taitz is offering to anyone who wants to improve their mental health and their life, even when they have limited options. (I could have lived without the section on egg-freezing, but to each her own.)

This book is wonderful. It is normalising of emotions and provides loads of help and tools in accessible and relatable ways. It really has changed my life.

The book is easy to read and backed with facts and easy to follow advice. Anyone should read it, single or not, because the advice it contains is what you need to be happy with your life, to find balance and appreciation. I've implemented all that there is here and I'm living in a different life, I'm more at peace and I'm happier and more attractive because of that. From this place of appreciation and abundance only great things can come.