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Uncover the Root of Your Pain, How to Smash Perfectionism, Love Yourself, and Live a Richer Life with Megan Bruneau

The Science of Success

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The Disservice of the Happiness Movement

There's a lot in positive psychology and like the happiness industry that I think is very helpful for people, particularly a focus on self growth. So when you say the happiness movement has done us a disservice, tell me about that. What it does is it creates what we call secondary emotions. And then we create this layer of shame or anxiety or anger, you know, for feeling sadness or shame or guilt or whatever.

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