Helen Russell, HOW TO BE SAD: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad

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🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Journalist and author Helen Russell joins Zibby to discuss her latest book, How to Be Sad, and her research on how leaning into our sadness can actually lead to true happiness. Helen and Zibby talk about why we are often our most creative and grateful while upset, where there are still gaps in brain activity research, and ways to cultivate a healthy emotional environment with your kids.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:34.8	Okay, now back to this amazing podcast.
0:39.4	Helen Russell is the author of How to Be Sad, Everything I've learned about getting happier by being sad. Helen was formerly
0:44.7	the editor of Marie Claire.co.uk, writes for The Guardian, as well as writing a long-standing
0:50.9	column for The Telegraph. She now writes for magazines and newspapers around the
0:54.7	world, including stylists, the observer, the Times, the Sunday Times, Gratia, Metro, Stella,
1:00.0	and the I newspaper. Her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, uncovering the secrets of the
1:05.3	world's happiest country, became an international bestseller and has been optioned for television.
1:10.3	She has spent the last eight years studying cultural approaches to emotions and regularly
1:14.7	speaks about her work around the world, including at TEDx and in her hugely popular
1:19.0	Action for Happiness Talks.
1:20.7	Helen spent 12 years in London but currently lives in Jutland, Denmark with her husband
1:24.9	and three children.
1:25.9	Welcome, Helen.
1:26.9	Thank you so much for coming on.
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