Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Up Where,

and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.

Today on the podcast, I'm speaking with the optimism doctor, imagery and media expert,

and founder of Things Are Looking Up, Dr. Deepika Chopra.

In her unique specialization, Dr. Chopra brings holistic practices together with science

backed, evidence-based manifestation to cultivate self-mastery tools that help clients, couples

and corporations cultivate their own sense of lasting happiness, resiliency, optimism,

and success.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, Harper's Bazaar, Goop and NBC, and in 2019, she launched

her first product to support her work, The Things Are Looking Up Deck of Cards, which

were mindfully crafted to increase, you guessed it, optimism and happiness.

But before Dr. Chopra was widely known as the optimism doctor, she had her own winding

career journey, one that involved interning at a punk music label, and working at both

an investment banking firm and a startup healthcare company, all before she decided to go back

to school to study psychology, the catalyst for a path she'd end up making entirely her

own.

Now, on Second Life, it's Dr. Deepika Chopra.

Okay, so let's take it all the way back to the beginning.

What did you study in school and what did you think you were going to be when you grew

up?

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