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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Embracing practical optimism to thrive at work and in life with Dr. Sue Varma

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

LinkedIn

Careers, Business

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Here at Hello Monday we are all about embracing our agency - our power to take positive actions within our life's circumstance. Psychiatrist and author Dr. Sue Varma has a whole framework to do just that. It forms the basis of her recent book: "Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-being." In this conversation, Dr. Varma shares some of the science that shows us optimism can extend our lives, enhance our health, and elevate our daily experiences. This episode is a must-listen for anyone feeling stuck or down and seeking a path to resilience and joy. Follow Dr. Sue Varma on LinkedIn and check out her new book here. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir, now in paperback. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. To continue the conversation this week and every week, join our free LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners https://lnkd.in/hellomondaygroup

Transcript

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0:00.0

LinkedIn News.

0:05.0

From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hemphill, and this is Hello Monday.

0:11.0

It's our show about the changing nature of work.

0:14.0

And how that work is changing all of us.

0:21.4

September 11th, 2001.

0:25.2

It was a sunny Tuesday, just like many early September days here in New York City.

0:31.7

Maybe you remember where you were that morning. If you're old enough, it was a while ago now.

0:38.0

Sue Varma was a med student. She was in school nearby. She was training to become a doctor.

0:46.0

And then, right in the middle of a commute on a beautiful Tuesday, everything changed.

0:52.0

I probably don't have to tell you the details here.

0:55.0

You know them.

0:57.0

In a terrible terrorist attack,

1:00.0

two planes flew into the World Trade Center's Twin Towers.

1:05.1

I was in grad school in California.

1:07.7

I remember a relative called me and I jumped up and turned on the television just in time

1:12.2

to watch that second tower crumble to the ground

1:16.5

like a stack of my son's blocks.

1:20.3

First responders, firemen, policemen, rushed downtown.

1:25.6

Office workers, they mostly rushed uptown.

1:29.2

There was this mayhem everywhere, especially in New York's hospitals.

1:37.0

Su Varma ended up studying psychiatry, and on that day and the days and weeks that came after that, as patient after patient came through,

1:48.2

she threw herself into the process of learning about trauma and how to treat it. This was a long game. The PTSD that

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