Dr. Jennifer Guttman: ...that you don't need to be happy all the time

Nobody Told Me!

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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How can you achieve lifetime satisfaction? We talk about that with clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Guttman, who contends that happiness is not sustainable, but satisfaction is. Dr. Guttman has helped thousands of clients struggling with anxiety and depression, and she’s the author of the new book, "BEYOND HAPPINESS: The 6 Secrets of Lifetime Satisfaction". Her website is guttmanpsychology.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:09.5	I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black.
0:12.0	On this episode, we're focusing on happiness and the misconceptions we may have about what it means to be happy.
0:18.4	Joining us is clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Gutman, who contends that happiness is not
0:23.4	sustainable.
0:24.3	Dr. Gutman has helped thousands of clients struggling with anxiety and depression, and she's
0:29.7	come to some interesting and useful conclusions.
0:32.6	Dr. Gutman is the author of the book, Beyond Happiness, The Six Secrets of Lifetime Satisfaction.
0:39.9	Dr. Gubman, we thank you so much for joining us.
0:42.7	Thank you so much for having me. I'm so happy to be here.
0:46.0	Tell us more about why you decided this book was needed.
0:51.1	I decided because I had had thousands of clients coming into my office over the past 30 years telling me that they felt like they were failing at being happy.
1:00.0	But you can't fail at an emotion.
1:02.4	Happiness like all emotions comes and goes.
1:05.0	It's not meant to be long lasting.
1:07.7	Happiness is instigated or dependent on things happening in the outside world, like getting a
1:14.5	sought after piece of clothing or getting a surprise text from someone or for me seeing a bed of
1:20.4	sunflowers. Yes, you can feel happy temporarily, but then that feeling is fleeting. But satisfaction
1:26.6	is different. Satisfaction is a feeling of
1:29.8	contentment. It's a feeling of peace. Satisfaction is how you feel at the end of a really productive
1:35.5	day or how you feel when you clean out your email inbox or clean out all of your closets or how I
1:41.3	feel when I finish a really good book. Satisfaction with the right techniques is
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