When we learn what it takes to be happy, then we can find our way to it and experience happiness even and especially during the roughest times. Valerie Alexander learned how to do this during one of the toughest times in her life and what she learned is just as relevant for today. Find Valerie Alexander and her book Happiness as a Second Language at www.speakhappiness.com. Polly is @PLCampbell on Twitter and Facebook @PollyCampbellAuthor.

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