Between the wet nose and kind eyes, there's a lot going on in your dog's mind, but do you know your dog's purpose?

We'll find out on this episode of Live Happy Now.

The ancient Greeks defined happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential.

To think about positive psychology, it's a science, and it's actually younger than the internet, believe it or not.

The reality is that social connection is in the research the greatest predictor we have of long-term happiness.

You have some factors in your control.

They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most important asset,

which is your brain.

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves.

There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.

We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.

Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place. This is Live Happy Now. Hello and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I am your host, J.R. Houston, and I am very pleased to be hosting yet another episode of this podcast, the Live Happy Now podcast. Happy that you are making us as part of your day, wherever you are in the world, and however you may be listening. Now, we also want you to make Live Happy magazine a part of your day. You can get the print edition available wherever fine magazines are sold. You can also get a digital edition, and we really encourage you to do that because you can take it with you on the go. It's available on Apple devices. It's also available in the Google Play Store, and you can

get it on your phone, so you really can take it everywhere you go. We're excited about this

guest because the film has done tremendously well, opening in theaters recently. The film

is a dog's purpose, the author of the book on which that movie is based is joining us on this episode.

Bruce Cameron began his writing career as a humor columnist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News.

Now, sadly, the Rocky went out of business, but he assures us that wasn't his fault.

He's a benchly award winner for humor was the 2011 NSN or rather NSNC, a newspaper columnist of the year,

and the novel, A Dog's Purpose, spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list,

and of course DreamWorks developed it into a film currently in theaters across the country.

Well, Bruce, we are very excited to have you here, and I know that my wife, who is an incredibly huge dog person, she is excited to see this movie.

We haven't seen it yet.

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