8: Happiness
Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
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The Evolution of Happiness With Positive Psychology
Happiness is an elusive thing that we're supposed to be grasping for in our lives. It's a really interesting evolution of happiness with positive psychology, which is the area it fits under. The original definition was about cheerfulness and making yourself feel good. And so lots of the research really focuses on cheerfulness. Well, yeah, and what you do to be cheerful. We can try a little experiment, if you'd like. I'm going to ask you to push your face into a smile. This is to get rid of that cynicism that we started with. You are going to find these jokes so funny. Is that the fake smile? Yes. OK. Tell us another one.
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