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Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Michelle Gielan - The Biggest Predictors of Happiness and Building a Happy Home

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

I adore my guest in this episode, the brilliant Michelle Gielan. Michelle has spent the past decade researching the link between happiness and success. She is the bestselling author of "Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change" and was named one of the Top 10 authors on resilience by the Harvard Business Review. She is also an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Michelle is an i...

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0:00.0

I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

0:16.3

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

0:20.3

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

0:25.7

Welcome to slow mop.

0:26.9

Today's guest is a dear friend and a happiness ally. She is someone I admire deeply and view with tremendous respect, Michelle Gille.

0:42.0

Michelle is the best selling author of Broadcasting Happiness.

0:46.0

She was named one of the top 10 authors on Resilience by Harvard Business Review.

0:51.0

She's also an executive producer of the

0:53.5

Happiness Advantage on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah's

0:58.6

happiness course. Her work focuses on the link between happiness and success and is highly research-based and driven.

1:08.0

Now, past the formal introductions, I just should say, I admire the perspective that Michelle brings to happiness so much

1:16.9

because of the way she presents it and the way she lives it and the way she spreads her message.

1:23.8

Michelle's husband, Sean Acor,

1:25.8

is one of my top happiness heroes.

1:28.7

And so I can easily say that Michelle and her family

1:32.1

are two of my favorite people in the world.

1:34.8

I can't tell you how happy I am to see you today. It's been a long time we haven't

1:40.0

met for almost a year now and I'm so grateful that you're here Michelle. Thank you.

1:47.0

Oh I'm so happy to be with you. Thank you so much for inviting me on this and I really view

1:51.8

this as spending time with the friends so thank you.

1:54.5

It really is always very, very eye-opening for me.

1:58.0

Every time I hear you speak or sit in a place where you're discussing something over at dinner table or whatever because I have the tendency to try and be the best speaker in every event.

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