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Michelle, welcome to The Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us. Oh, thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here. You know, I actually came across your book on Amazon Broadcasting Happiness, and I was pleasantly surprised to find you were married to a former guest of ours, your husband, Sean Acor. So it was kind of a no-brainer after reading that book and how blown away I was by the concept in it to invite you to be a guest. So on that note, can you tell us a bit about yourself, your story, your journey, your background, and how that has led you to everything that you're up to now. Yeah, absolutely. So I was a CBS news anchor anchoring two national news programs. And basically, I got tired of telling negative

news stories, which anyone watching the news, I'm sure can understand. And so also, though,

what I decided was, I was really curious about being able to investigate,

how can we talk about negative news, not just on the news, but around the dinner table with

our families, in our businesses, in a way that doesn't leave people feeling hopeless and

helpless, but actually empowers them and helps move them forward.

So my friends thought I was absolutely insane.

I left my job at CBS News.

And I went back and got a master's at the University of Pennsylvania in positive psychology,

which is a scientific study of happiness and human potential.

It's basically how we can use the science to live happier and more successful lives.

The only thing is, though, that while there, I had this epiphany, and it's that we're all

broadcasters. It's not some special power reserved for national CBS broadcasters or professional

athletes or celebrities. We all have this incredible power to influence the people around us as parents, as leaders,

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