#388 Dr Rafa Euba: The Truth About The "Happiness" Industry

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emma gannon

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Does happiness even exist? Dr Rafa Euba doesn't think so. He is a consultant psychiatrist, based in London, born in the Bask Country, Spain and after qualifying in Medicine, he became a psychiatrist in England. He has worked in many different settings, from exclusive clinics to slums, and his work on depression moved him to write a book on how we are not designed to be happy, called "You are not meant to be happy. So stop trying!" It is such an interesting book, looking at the myths of happiness, how our brains are not designed to keep us happy 24/7, the smoke and mirrors of self-help positive thinking industries, and how mixed and contradictory our emotions can be. I hope you enjoy this conversation and feel intrigued to pick up a copy of his book!

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0:58.0	Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control or Delete. My guest today is Dr. Raffer Auba,
1:03.7	a consultant psychiatrist based in London, born in the Basque Country, Spain.
1:07.8	And after qualifying in medicine, he became a psychiatrist in England where he worked in many
1:12.1	different settings. His work on depression moved him to write a book on how we're not designed
1:16.7	to be happy, called, you are not meant to be happy, so stop trying.
1:21.2	It's one of those book titles which makes you immediately pick it up and it's so beautifully
1:25.0	written with so much research, so much insight from his clinics and his clients.
1:31.0	And it's just such an interesting read and every single chapter had me thinking about
1:35.8	what even happiness is, why we are trying to chase it 24-7.
1:40.5	The fact that it's quite strange that we kind of expect ourselves to wander around with like
1:44.5	massive grins on our faces all the time when actually our brains are not designed to do that.
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