How to Build a Smile

These days it can be hard to smile. But what if happiness was something you could learn? We know now that certain behaviors can, when done regularly, increase our positivity, gratitude, and help us overcome difficult situations. But changing our perspective can be both the most effective and most difficult thing to do. In this book, Dr. Robert Cole draws on his years as a critical care physician to offer insights about true happiness. He shows readers how simple actions can reduce frustration and anxiety, help people to overcome the fear of failure, and handle adversity. There is light at the end of even the darkest tunnel, and the power of finding it lies within each of us.

Bio:

Robert M. Cole, MD is a physician and regional medical director, and an assistant professor of medicine at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. He is a practicing intensivist (specialist in intensive care medicine) and is currently a core faculty member for the Inspira Critical Care fellowship and Internal Medicine residency program.

He is currently the co-chair of the ethics committee for the Inspira Health Network and has served on multiple committees at several hospitals in South Jersey for the last five years. He was named a “Top Doc” in SJ Magazine in 2019 and 2020 and played an integral role in overall surge planning during the 2020 spring wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the South Jersey Region. In addition to to these duties, he currently serves as associate medical director of Inspira medical transport and is the medical director for NJ Health Hospice and Palliative care.

Dr. Cole is a graduate of the Clemson University and earned his medical degree at Ross University. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Cooper University Hospital, where he also served as both chief resident and chief fellow. He is currently board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care and Neurocritical Care. He has developed a strong interest in self help and coping with adversity through his experience as a practicing physician.