To navigate uncomfortable emotions, instead of numbing them, three choices can be made: consciously choose the desired reaction, replace the emotion with a different one, or intentionally ignore the emotion by shifting focus away from oneself.
Oprah Winfrey and Arthur Brooks want you to be happier - so the TV megastar and the Harvard academic teamed up to write a book setting out the steps you can take to be a little happier each day.
Over the summer, Dr Laurie Santos read Build the Life You Want, the Art and Science of Getting Happier and loved it. So she recorded a conversation with Arthur touching on how his son found meaning in the marine corps; why you should remove the all mirrors from your home; and whether happiness experts can ever be happy themselves.
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