446: How To Be Happy: Mental Health Tools From East to West | Emma Seppala

Ancient Health Podcast

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Learn about tools from both Western Science and Eastern Wisdom for a happier life! In this episode, Doctor Chris Motley interviews Author and Yale Happiness Researcher Emma Seppala. Takeaways: Studies show writing down three things you’re grateful for has a bigger impact than taking an antidepressant! Don’t choose to look at your phone first thing in the morning. Realize the power of meditation. Balance compassion for yourself with compassion for others - it’s proven to make you happiest! Research shows service to others helps you live longer and feel happier. A 20 minute walk outside can help with anxious or depressed thoughts and feelings. Increase fruits and vegetables to increase your mental health. Sattva App - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sattva-meditations-mantras/id930904592 Project Welcome Home Troops: Sky breath training that’s free for veterans and military families, a project by Art Of Living - https://projectwelcomehometroops.org/power-breath-meditation-workshop/ ------ Follow Doctor Motley! Instagram Tik-Tok Facebook Website Follow Emma! Facebook https://www.facebook.com/emma.seppala/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thehappinesstrack Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehappinesstrack/?hl=en Books SOVEREIGN BOOK https://amzn.to/4cg2Smi HAPPINESS BOOK https://shorturl.at/fdaYR ------ *Do you want to hear more from Dr. Motley on infections, as well as healing the brain and other organs? Find full courses in his membership. If you want to explore it risk-free for 15 days and bring your questions to his weekly lives you can join here. * Y’all… not all Vitamin C is created equal. 👀Liposomal Vitamin C goes straight into the bloodstream—delivering a REAL impact where your body needs it most. It gets that antioxidant power into your blood and cells.⚡️Here’s the deal: Use code MOTLEY to get 10% off not only the Vitamin C order but the entire site at www.livonlabs.com. This is cellular energy + immune support done RIGHT. 🙌

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, Dr. Josh Axe here. I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're probably someone who's
0:05.4	deeply interested in elevating your health, right? Yeah, I think so if you're listening to this
0:10.1	podcast. Well, if there's anything I've learned over the past few decades of helping patients
0:14.6	and other people heal and transform their health, it's this. If you truly want to heal and
0:19.1	experience a breakthrough, it happens at the intersection of natural health, it's this. If you truly want to heal and experience a breakthrough, it happens
0:20.9	at the intersection of natural health, holistic medicine, personal growth, and even psychology.
0:26.3	And that's exactly what I dive into on the Dr. Josh Axe show. On my show, I give practical
0:31.5	tips and insights on how to grow in body, mind, and spirit, and overcome conditions like hypothyroidism.
0:39.3	I teach principles like how to become a better
0:41.3	methylator, improve gut health, experience a breakthrough
0:45.1	and autoimmune disease, how to detoxify your body,
0:48.8	and how to heal using food as medicine,
0:51.3	but also mindset medicine.
0:53.7	Whether you're looking for a mindset breakthrough,
0:55.8	a spiritual breakthrough, or a health breakthrough,
0:58.2	you're not gonna wanna miss the next episode
1:00.5	of the Dr. Joshak Show.
1:02.1	You can find it on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
1:05.8	Go to those channels now and subscribe today.
1:10.8	Welcome to the Ancient Health podcast, where East meets West in the world of medicine.
1:15.4	I'm Dr. Chris Motley, and here we explore how modern Western science and traditional
1:19.8	eastern wisdom come together to unlock the body's full healing potential.
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