Henry Grbac and his family have a seventeen-year-old calico cat named Abby. It may sound silly, but she has many life examples in what it means to be happy. In How to Be Abby, Grbac offers a guide, based on Abby's experiences, to connect you to happiness.

It teaches you how to respond appropriately versus reacting to life's unpleasantries to avoid suffering and to reach states of peace. For example:

learn how to use mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion, and loving-kindness to experience a complete life that is already within you;
acquire a variety of tools to nourish your happiness;
learn what it means to be kind to yourself to inspire self-acceptance regardless of who you are;
explore spiritual wellness to understand spiritual connection to happiness;
discover other happiness teachings from The Sermon on The Mount and The Four Noble Truths;
find the answer to the question: how does pain and suffering lead to happiness?

How to Be Abby applies all the teachings to help you find your goals in life and your life purpose and to travel on a successful journey to happiness.