Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. Happiness. What does that mean?

If we're here listening to the happiness podcast,

then probably one of the main things we're looking for is how to improve our lives, how to be happier.

But what will that look like when we reach a place where we could say, yes, we are happier what can we expect is there something that would

really identify this state of peace and happiness. I believe there is and I think it can be

really helpful as we work towards improving our lives. For us to know in what direction are we headed and what can we

expect when we arrive. is there something that will naturally occur in us

when we reach a state of happiness?

I believe there is, and I think it really helps to identify what we can expect, what we can

work towards and what we will find when we truly reach a state of living our lives well, which we could call happiness, which we could call peace.

But what I want to call today is relax freedom. And the beautiful

thing about the term, relax freedom, is that it's very descriptive of what we can

look for, of what we can expect, and what we will find when we reach a state of life is going well.

What's going to rise within us is a feeling, is a sensation, is a feeling is a sensation is a mental clarity which I like to call

relaxed freedom. So let's spend some time now really looking at what these two terms mean and how they're

going to manifest in our lives.

Let's start with the word relaxed. Perhaps a good way of looking at relaxed is what

relaxed isn't. When we're not relaxed, we're tense, we're worried, we're upset, we're anxious, so many things come

to mind as the opposite of relaxed.

And these terms that I just use,

that ongoing sense of anxiety,

that ongoing state of worry is how so many people live their lives all day long.

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