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The Wellness Scoop

Happiness As A Choice

The Wellness Scoop

The Wellness Scoop

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.75.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Are you happy, present, at peace with yourself and the world around you? Can you maintain that sense of happiness when life becomes difficult? Finding true happiness is something we all strive for, but so many of us struggle with. This week we’re talking to Gelong Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation teacher, who believes happiness can be a trainable skill, a skill that allows us to control our thoughts and therefore consistently choose the positive. In doing so we can make happiness an internal quality, rather than something that requires external validation or something we’ll receive in the future when we achieve or complete a goal. Thubten talks us through his pillars for happiness – discipline, mental freedom, compassion and forgiveness; as well as the science behind meditation and how it benefits us physically and mentally; how you can transform a negative experience and your own suffering into something positive; how to navigate the business of modern life, social media, emails 24/7 news and where to start on your journey with meditation and mindfulness. The episode closes with a short guided mediation by Thubten. His book, ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness: Meditation in the 21st Century’, really is one of the most powerful reads on the subject of happiness. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Before we get into today's episode, I wanted to introduce you to our sponsor.

0:05.2

A little note on sponsors, we only work with brands that I actually use and I truly love.

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I and we will never promote anything that isn't totally authentic or something that we don't

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believe in. For the next few months, our podcast sponsor is SimProve, a supplement that I've

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1:39.3

Hi everyone and welcome to the deliciously Ella podcast with me, Matthew Mills,

1:43.5

my wife and business partner, Ella Mills. Hi guys, so I've been so looking forward to this episode.

1:49.8

My publisher sent me a book that she was just absolutely raving about. She just published

1:53.4

called A Monks Guide to Happiness. I read it while I was staying with my mom when I wasn't very

1:57.7

well a few weeks ago and it was just absolutely amazing. Everything about it made sense, it clicked

2:03.6

and really the focus is on the idea of happiness and that happiness can be a choice,

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