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About Rick Foster and Greg Hicks

As internationally recognized pioneers in the field of happiness, Foster and Hicks' extensive and acclaimed research has taken them to six continents where they spent years interviewing people who are thriving and happy, even under the most adverse circumstances. Their early findings culminated in a system of nine choices that is continually being studied by mind-body researchers at leading institutions, including The Mayo Clinic, and is proven to lead to good health, high quality of life, and better healing.

Rick and Greg's first book, How We Choose to Be Happy (Putnam, 1999) became an immediate national bestseller and has been on bestseller lists ever since. Available in 18 languages, it was selected by the Book of the Month Club as one of the Best Books of the Year, and was nominated as Best Motivational Book by the prestigious Books for a Better Life. (Hicks went on to write LeaderShock — And How to Triumph Over It which revealed a new brand of behavioral leadership and was chosen as the #2 Best Business Book of 2003 by Amazon).

Since the publication of How We Choose to Be Happy, Foster and Hicks have gone on to interview and work with thousands of patients, doctors and nurses. In their new book, Happiness & Health, they present the first practical guide to the new science of positive emotions and how anyone can choose thoughts and behaviors that enhance our brain function, pump up our immune systems, and bring vitality to our lives.

With a reputation for dynamic and transformational presentations on health, happiness, leadership and team productivity, Rick and Greg have taught their Brilliant Health program to over 10,000 doctors and nurses, to patients battling serious illness, and to countless others in organizations such as G.E., Mercedes-Benz, Wells Fargo, and AXA-Financial and are on the faculty of the Health Research and Educational Trust Fellowship programs.

Foster and Hicks are often sought out by the media for their advice and have appeared on numerous national T.V. and radio shows and featured in such magazines as Health, Fitness, Self, Good Housekeeping, Fit, Working Mother, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and Readers' Digest.

Rick and Greg continue to explore the diversity of cultural health practices and beliefs around the world and are excited about continuing to integrate new discoveries about neuroplasticity, immune function, and other mind-body research into their work.

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