Feeling anxious? Well, in today's world, you're not alone, but you can overcome it,

and we'll find out how 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'm your host, Jeff Sanders, and want to thank you for making us part of your day, wherever you

are, and wherever you might be listening to us. We also want to remind you that if you like what

you hear and want to add more positivity to your to remind you that if you like what you hear and want to

add more positivity to your day, you can do that anytime by visiting our website, live happy.com,

or picking up the latest issue of Live Happy magazine at your favorite local newsstand or bookstore.

This week we're talking with Andrea Peterson, a science and health reporter whose new book

On Edge, a journey through anxiety, gives her honest and heartfelt account of living with anxiety

and how she learned to come to terms with it. Her book takes readers on a journey that goes

from psychiatrist offices to yoga retreats and even the Appalachian Trail.

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