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 greetings and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host, J.R. Houston,

thrilled that you are making us a part of your day, wherever you are in the world.

However, you may be listening. We're also very excited that more and more of you are making

Live Happy magazine a part of your day. A new issue has recently come out, at least at the time of

this recording, and it is available on

newsstands everywhere. It is also available on your handheld devices, whether you're an

Apple person or an Android person. You can find it in the Apple store, the Google Play Store.

It's the Live Happy Digital edition, and it is chock full of content that we hope you can

apply to your lives. Now, if you have checked out the

latest edition, you'll have seen an interview with Ming Na Wen, who plays Agent May on Marvel's

Agents of Shield on ABC. The writer of the story took it upon themselves to record a podcast,

so we figured why not air it. Here it is. Ming Na Wen on Live Happy Now.

All right, everyone, Jerry Strauss here with Live Happy Now.

So glad to be with you.

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