Can Anxious People Be Happy?

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Anxiety is an emotion that we can kind of sit. Would like feeling really anxious right now. It's an eight out of ten. You can sort of surf anxiety urge and get to the other side, and then do some work to sort of nurture yourself. To have a truly happy life requires experiencing all those emotions,. but finding ways to kind of navigate them so they don't take over. Is it flimlam that smiling actually makes you yor or is that a true fact? Meg says, and laughing.

HAPPINESS RESEARCH, straight up. What is happiness? How do our circumstances affect happiness? Why is the word “gratitude” kinda cringey? What can we do to feel better? Should we feel guilty for feeling happy? When is positivity “toxic?” Yale cognitive scientist, Eudemonologist, and host of The Happiness Lab podcast Dr. Laurie Santos chats about how scientists measure human happiness and what their research has shown helps achieve it, even during the worst of times. Also: silver medal face & countering counterfactuals, which will make sense when you listen.

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