Climate change is going to require collective action, but how can individual

actions make a difference? On a new episode of LifeKit, we're walking you through

what sort of climate-friendly choices can make an impact in your life and

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My husband, I told him that I loved him like a month and two. I was seeing

each other. That was at a gig that I wasn't stoked about. It was like for this

celebrity who was throwing an all-Asian theme party and I had to like play a

gay shot with an accent. It was like pretty racist and really messed up, but

during that time when I was taking the makeup off, you know, looking in the mirror,

very mull-on, you know, I was like, I think I really love Ryan. I wish he was

here right now. I can at least talk to him about it. Sometimes you have to like

be somewhere you really don't like to be at to realize I really love that person

that's not here right now. And so I told him I loved him after that gig.

One of the most powerful ways to find happiness is to appreciate the people who

support us. We know from science that even just thinking about these people can

activate the safety networks in our brains and make us feel good, but there's

another way to appreciate them and it has some surprising benefits. I'm Dacker

Keltner and welcome to the Science of Happiness. Today we're looking at how

imagining life without someone we care about can actually make us feel more

fulfilled, which is what our guest did today.

Otsuko Otsuko is a stand-up comedian, actress and a writer based in Los Angeles.

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