266 - Harnessing The Power of Happiness
The Truth About Mental Health by Paula Sweet at Absolute Mind
Paula Sweet
4.3 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of 'Your Absolute Mind,' I walk you through a comprehensive exploration of happiness. Challenging common perceptions, I encourage you to think of happiness not just as fleeting emotions but as a choice and a deep-rooted sense of contentment.
Since reading Mo Gawdat's book Solve for Happiness, I've considered this podcast. So much of it resonated with me that I had to produce this.
Diving deep into psychological concepts such as the negativity bias and locus of control, I illuminate how these play a significant role in our happiness levels. I also call for a shift in mindset, urging you to minimize focus on negatives and embrace your ability to impact your own life.
Furthermore, I unveil my newly-developed app, a daily companion designed to promote mental health, equipped with daily quotes, meditations, and a journaling tool. As we reach the final leg of the episode, I share real-world strategies that can help cultivate happiness.
These include the Happiness Equation, embracing gratitude, understanding illusions and blind spots, managing brain cycles, and practising mindfulness.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone and welcome to another episode of Your Absolute Mind, the podcast where we dive deep into what it takes for us all to become mentally healthy. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm Paula Sweet, your host and a therapist with almost a decade of professional experience. |
| 0:14.5 | Today, we're going to be embarking on an exciting journey to explore a topic that we all like to talk about, happiness. |
| 0:23.6 | Happiness, it's an interesting idea that often gets mixed up with our temporary emotions, |
| 0:29.6 | like joy, pleasure or excitement, but real happiness, it's more than just a fleeting feeling. |
| 0:35.6 | It's a lasting sense of contentment and peace. |
| 0:40.2 | Now let's dive into the nitty-gritty. |
| 0:42.7 | Happiness is, you ready for this? |
| 0:45.3 | Happiness is a choice. |
| 0:47.9 | Now, I know you might be thinking, hold on. |
| 0:51.3 | How can I choose to be happy when life throws lemons at me all the time? |
| 0:56.7 | Well, here's the deal. While we can't be ecstatically happy 24-7 because we're human and that's not natural, |
| 1:05.3 | we can totally choose how we react to life's roller coaster ride. |
| 1:10.8 | So picture this. I've spent a good chunk of time as a |
| 1:14.2 | therapist. And let me tell you something. Our mindset is a major player when it comes to our |
| 1:19.6 | happiness levels. There are these two fancy, smunchy psychological concepts that really caught my |
| 1:25.6 | attention in this book, the negativity bias and the |
| 1:29.4 | locus of control. So we'll break it down in this podcast. First up, we have the negativity bias. |
| 1:37.3 | This is like our brain's way of being a drama queen. Always fix Satan on the negative stuff |
| 1:42.7 | instead of the good things that happen to us. |
| 1:45.6 | Now I know we all know someone like that or we're like that ourselves. |
| 1:50.8 | But it's a survival mechanism that kept our ancestors safe from lions and predators. |
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