Well, hello there and welcome, welcome to Happy Place, the show that connects the dots between the happiness of our minds, bodies and souls.

I'm Fern Cotton and today I'm catching up with a good friend of mine. It's Dr. Ronggan Chatterjee.

If we're strongly to be compassionate to ourselves, the first thing I'd ask people to do is start

being compassionate to other people.

It's this phrase really, which is, if you were the other person, you'd be acting in exactly

the same way.

If you ever find yourself getting triggered or the actions of someone else are starting to

piss you off, try that phrase because every situation

has got multiple realities. Choose the story that you want. The truth actually, for your happiness

I've realised this then, the truth doesn't matter. Rongan is widely regarded as one of the most

influential medical doctors in the UK. He wants to change how

medicine will be practiced for years to come by simplifying health advice, making it more human

and finding the root cause of our health problems. In his new book, Happy Mind, Happy Life,

he explores how happiness is literally good for your health,

mental, of course, but physical too. There are obviously so many elements that go into making

each of us happy on any given day, but there are common threads we should all be conscious of,

what we deem success to mean, how compassionate we are towards

others and ourselves, and how authentically we show up in the world. That is a big one.

Ronan came round to my house a month or two ago and we hadn't seen each other in a while,

so we had a lot to talk about people. Now, a massive thanks to Never Fully Dressed for sponsoring this episode.

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