Hello everyone and welcome to savvy psychologist. I'm Dr. Ellen Hedrixen and every week

I'll help you meet life's challenges with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

We all roll our eyes at happiness cliches like live, laugh, love, or if life gives you lemons, make lemonade, or dance like nobody's watching.

Now, even if there is some truth in inspirational sayings,

anything you've ever seen crocheted on a pillow

or framed on Michael Scott's wall is automatically suspect.

So this week to celebrate the 200th episode of savvy psychologist, we'll look at the science

behind five classic pieces of happiness advice and find new

fresh ways to put them into action. In other words, when you change the way you look at

a thing, the thing you look at a thing,

the thing you look at changes.

Hey, wouldn't that look good on a pillow?

All right, let's get into it with classic happiness

tip number one.

Don't worry, be happy.

Okay, what it should really say is,

it's okay to feel life's ups and downs.

Now, the happiness and positive psychology movements, while revolutionary, have had one

major negative side effect, an expectation that we are happy all the time.

Over the last few years, I've seen an upsurge in young adults who come to therapy, mistaking

the downs and struggle of everyday life has a sign of something gone

seriously wrong. They worry it's not okay to feel sad after a breakup,

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