If you're not already feeling grateful, wait until you hear just what gratitude can do for you.

You'll find out next 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 being here today.

Also remind you that if you like what you hear on this podcast and you want to add a little

more positivity to your day, You could do that anytime by

visiting our website, live happy.com, or by picking up the latest issue of Live Happy magazine

at your favorite local newsstand or bookstore. This week, we're talking with M.J. Ryan,

one of the creators of the Random Acts of Kindness series and the author author of several books, including the Happiness Makeover, the power of patience, and attitudes of gratitude.

MJ has mastered the art of living in gratitude and says that anyone can find more joy by applying the simple practice.

Live Happy Science Editor Paula Phelps caught up with MJ to talk about how she

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