Happiness vs. Pleasure

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss a blog by Mark Manson titled, Stop Trying to Be Happy. They discuss the difference between happiness and pleasure, and why "happiness is the process of becoming your ideal self". It's the pursuit of our ideal self, not the achievement of goals, that allows us to experience our "happy".

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0:00.0	Do do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
0:06.0	Here we go.
0:07.1	My name's Todd Adams.
0:08.2	What's your name, sweetie?
0:09.2	I can't hear a thing.
0:10.2	Sure you can.
0:11.3	Just pretend you can hear me.
0:12.5	It's so loud in my ears.
0:14.2	You're loud.
0:14.7	Not in my ear.
0:16.0	Not in my ear.
0:17.5	So this is Todd Adams.
0:18.9	This is Kathy Adams.
0:19.9	Welcome back. This is Zen Parenting Radio episode number 242, I think.
0:24.8	What's Zen Parenting Radio, sweetie?
0:26.8	It's a discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom and a logical and practical dad.
0:32.1	Do you hear me taking pauses?
0:33.2	I do.
0:34.2	We discuss transformational wisdom, everyday challenges, and pop culture to encourage laughter, self-awareness, and empathy.
0:42.5	We have three daughters, ages 7, 10, and 12, and our goal is to give you the resources to become a better parent, but more importantly, to become a better you.
0:51.4	And always remember, sweetie, our motto, which is that the best predictor
0:55.3	of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding. You got it? All right. So today, we are
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