How Can You Be a Happy on a Bad Day?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:28.2	How can you be happy?
0:30.8	On a bad day.
0:35.8	You don't need booze. you don't need chemicals, you don't need medication.
0:44.8	You need to do certain things.
0:48.3	First thing I want to say is you can't be happy every day.
0:52.3	And happy comes in sizes, like one to ten. And it bounces around. So let's not have
1:01.5	a silly notion that we're just supposed to be happy all the time. It doesn't work that way. So, if you're feeling
1:17.4	sad, if you're lonely, just looking for how to be happier, are things you can do.
1:30.2	They will lift your spirits,
1:32.9	change your mood.
1:38.1	Because remember, life is a bit of a roller coaster,
1:40.2	so it's going to be up and down. And the good part is if you can avoid the extremes that life is challenging you with
1:48.2	so that your psyche and stomach don't have to get churned up that much.
1:56.5	So there's some good habits.
2:00.9	One thing is talking.
2:03.2	That's why we do this program.
2:06.5	Talking about your feelings, your situation, your frustrations,
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