Welcome to the Happiness Podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. My office where I see people is in Newport Beach,

California. A few months ago, a new high-end workout studio opened up in my complex called Drench. It's very

popular in Southern California. What surprised me about this high-end studio is that during the week,

during normal office hours where most of us are at work, the studio classes are packed with people

attending their classes. And these are not inexpensive classes. And then the building right beside me,

which has been there a little bit longer, does Botox.

And again, they get a lot of traffic.

They even have a van that goes around distributing Botox.

I know it's Southern California.

But it's amazing how much we will spend and how much time we'll put towards keeping ourselves looking young and fit.

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong

with this. It's just that no matter how hard we work at it, after our 20s and 30s, there's

inevitable declines. But not only to our bodies age, our souls too experience a lot of decline

because life is hard. Our soul, however, has the capacity to grow

more beautiful, robust, and radiant every single day until the end of our lives.

And I think there's a real tendency when we are going through the tough times of life. We often just complain.

What if instead, like with physical training, we started doing resistance

training for our soul. And remember, when it comes to our soul, we can keep growing until

the very last day of our lives, becoming more beautiful and radiant until we take our last breath.

So today I want to explore with you

how we can start making the development of our soul, not just the beautification of our body,

as we journey through life. Why do we invest so much more into our physical appearance

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