Build The Life You Want – Episode 2

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In Episode Two of the Build the Life You Want Super Soul Podcast, Oprah and Arthur C. Brooks, co-authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Build the Life You Want,” take questions from readers who are curious how to make their own lives happier with the science-based research and actionable practices from the book. Arthur Brooks explains that living a happier life starts with focusing less on yourself by saying, “Your load is lightened when you’re helping another person. You’re going to draw love to yourself when you actually give it.” Oprah and Arthur C. Brooks also talk to readers who are struggling with envy and “the disease to please” as well as the sometimes difficult “Family Pillar of Happiness.” Arthur C. Brooks has advice on how to address what he calls the one-directional “emotional ATM” in families and why one of the hardest challenges with loved ones is forgiveness. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	A big thanks to The Hartford for supporting this special episode.
0:10.0	This is the second episode of our Bill the Life You Want series.
0:14.0	Hi everybody, we're back.
0:16.8	Okay, for the art and science of getting happier
0:21.0	build a life you want, Arthur C. Brooks is here.
0:24.0	And so is Oprah Winfrey.
0:26.0	I've joined forces with best-selling author,
0:28.0	Harvard professor, and Atlantic columnist Arthur Seabrooks
0:32.0	to co-write our book,
0:34.0	Build the life you want, the art and science of getting happier.
0:38.0	We're so glad to know the book resonated with readers
0:41.0	with a debut at Number one on the New York Times
0:44.0	bestseller list. Now Arthur and I are together again for this three-part
0:48.5	podcast series. We're diving deeper into the insights in all eight chapters of
0:53.3	Build the Life You Want. We'll also answer questions from readers like you.
0:57.9	I want to give one of our readers Suzanne. Suzanne, hey, a chance to ask your question.
1:02.3	Hi, I'm... Suzanne, hey, a chance to ask your question.
1:04.0	Hi, I'm Suzanne, and I love the distinction made between hope and optimism.
1:11.0	And I was wondering if there is a simple kind of quick way to incorporate
1:16.4	this into my morning routine so that I have a little bit more hope for that day
1:20.3	especially as I am launching a new business in a new city.
1:24.0	Great. What's the difference?
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