Welcome to the Happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. Have you seen it? Have you felt it?

There's a change going on in our world and it's powerful. it can be good and it can be bad we carry with us an

incredibly powerful machine right now it's called our phone our smartphone and it can be so beautiful, so helpful. In many ways, it makes our lives run

just better if we use it well. But at the same time, it comes with potential dangers.

When I was finishing up my doctorate in clinical psychology so that I could become a psychologist

someday, I did a two-year internship at the VA hospital in Sibovara, California.

When I was there, I worked with men and some women that had been in the

Vietnam War, the Korean War, and even a few who had even served in World War II. And they had

been exposed to incredibly gruesome, awful experiences that truly cause them psychological and emotional harm.

Things that you and I could only imagine until now. With our very smart computer phones and our

access to unlimited things on the internet.

We can actually in detail see the things that people who struggle with severe post-traumatic

stress disorder.

Now at the movement of our fingers see the things that they saw. Our world has changed,

and it doesn't necessarily have to be bad. But as we all know, our computers, our phones,

have gotten very smart, and they pay attention to what we like, what draws us in,

what keeps us on screen time. And this can be actually very helpful. If we love art, we'll get

suggestions about other art videos that we can watch. If we love cooking, if we love art, we'll get suggestions about other art videos that we can watch.

If we love cooking, if we love gardening, we'll get videos suggesting topics about these.

I've been interested and involved with meditation for over 30 years now.

I get a lot of video suggestions on things related to meditation. But I want to ask you a question.

Why do we have desserts sometimes after meals? The answer is quite simple. We have them because

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