Discover The Power of Real Optimism With Dr. Deepika Chopra

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, host Paula Felps sits down with psychologist and author Dr. Deepika Chopra to explore what real optimism looks like in a world filled with uncertainty. Drawing from her new book, The Power of Real Optimism, Dr. Deepika explains why optimism isn’t about rose‑colored glasses or pretending everything is fine; it’s a trainable psychological skill rooted in authenticity, resilience, and the belief that challenges are temporary and navigable. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why optimism is a skill — not a personality trait — and how to strengthen it. How your brain processes uncertainty and the small, science‑backed practices that help restore safety and regulation. How tools like visualization, evidence‑collecting, and scheduled “worry time” can shift your mindset and build real resilience.

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0:00.0	Thank you for joining us for episode 561 of Live Happy Now.
0:08.8	As we continue Happiness Month, it's a great time to explore what optimism means in today's world.
0:15.4	I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today I'm talking with Dr. Deepika Chopra, a psychologist and author whose new book,
0:22.2	The Power of Real Optimism, Digs into the Science of Optimism and the role it plays in
0:27.8	resilience.
0:29.1	Today, she's here to explain what optimism really is and how we can use it to navigate difficult
0:34.4	times.
0:35.3	Let's have a listen.
0:36.8	Dr. Deepika, thank you so much for joining me on Live
0:39.2	Happy Now. I'm so excited and happy to be here. This is a book for our times. This is exactly what we
0:47.5	need right now. I got very excited when I got this email about it. And really interesting to me,
0:58.0	because just last week, we ran an episode about a new Gallup poll that shows how pessimistic America is about the future.
1:01.7	So, of course, we want to follow that up with optimism.
1:05.5	And I wanted to find out from you.
1:07.3	Obviously, you've been studying this, practicing this for a while.
1:09.7	What made you realize
1:11.0	this was the right time for this particular book? Well, to be honest, this is something I've been
1:16.8	working on for a number of years, and I had been focused on sort of this niche practice
1:24.7	of optimism and hope theory for well over a decade. So for me, it's just
1:31.2	what I do. And to be honest, I think that as humans, this topic of optimism and what I like to
1:39.4	call real optimism is actually something that every human in every season of their lives, I think,
1:45.8	could really benefit from these tools.
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