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Original title: Glow: Living Well-Connected
Author: Markus Wartiovaara
Published: 2026
Genres: General Nonfiction, Personal Growth & Lifestyle
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Book proposal & sample chapters
What comes after Flow?
✓ A fresh idea for a universal question: what does it mean to live well?
✓ From Flow to Glow: from being absorbed in what we do to feeling fully at home in our lives
✓ A practical framework for connection — with ourselves, others, the world and time
✓ By Dr. Markus Wartiovaara, researcher, educator and founder of the Nordic Happiness Summit
In GLOW: Living Well-Connected, Dr. Markus Wartiovaara introduces Glow — a state of presence, vitality and connection in which we feel fully at home in our lives. Where Flow is about becoming absorbed in what we do, Glow is about being deeply connected to who we are, the people around us, the world we inhabit and the time we are given. Drawing on psychology, philosophy and research into happiness and well-being,
Wartiovaara presents a simple but powerful idea: the good life is a well-connected life. Rather than treating happiness as another goal to achieve or ourselves as another project to optimize, GLOW offers a different way to think about flourishing — one grounded in presence, connection and meaningful engagement with everyday life.
Accessible, practical and deeply reflective, GLOW combines compelling ideas with exercises and reflections that help readers bring the concept of Glow into their everyday lives.
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