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BREPAKY, here in Welcome to another edition of the Art of Mamminess Podcast.

So there are tons of books out there about how to improve yourself, how to be happier,

how to be more productive, how to be less angry, etc.

But often, on these books, they offer prescriptive advice on things you should add to your

life or things you need to do more in your life to get to the goal you want.

But sometimes the best way to achieve a goal is to subtract from your life and stop doing

the things that are making you miserable.

Well, that's the approach my guest today took in his latest book, How to Be Miseryl,

40 Strategies You Are Already Using.

His name is Randy Patterson, he's a psychologist.

Today on the show, Randy and I discuss the things that he's seen with his patients that

make the common lifestyle choices they make, thinking patterns that they take part in,

that make them miserable, and what they you can do to eliminate those from your life.

So if you suffer from depression or know someone who suffers from depression, you'll get

a lot of insight from the show, we also just tackle anger.

We discuss how a focus on self-improvement can actually backfire and make your life

more miserable.

And we also discuss assertiveness.

Randy wrote a great book that I referenced in an article about assertiveness a few years

ago.

We have problems telling people no or asking for things that you want without having a panic

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