There's one simple rule to live by.

Live in the now because there's no time like the present on this episode of Live Happy Now.

The ancient Greeks defined happiness as the joy you feel moving towards your potential.

To think about positive psychology, it's a science.

And it's actually younger than the Internet, believe it or not.

The reality is that social connection is in the research the greatest predictor we have of long-term happiness.

You have some factors in your control.

They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most important asset, which is your brain.

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves. There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.

We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.

Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place. This is Live Happy Now.

Hello and greetings and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host, J.R. Houston. Please that you are making us a part of your day wherever you are in the world or however you may be listening. We are excited to be there with you. We're also excited about Live Happy magazine. It is coming out very, very, very soon, if it hasn't already by the time you get around listening to this. And it has some great stuff in there.

Oh, my goodness. You can pick it up at newsstands. You can subscribe to the print edition.

You can also get the digital edition, and that's what I'm all about. You can take it anywhere

you want. You can get it on your Android device. You can get it on your iPhone. You can get it on your iPad. All you got to do is go to the Apple Store or the Google Play Store. Get it and you will get not only everything that's in the magazine, but all kinds of special features as well. So check it out today. Our guest on this episode is Jack Cornfield, one of the best known, most respected meditation teachers in the world. He's a psychologist and founder of two of the largest Buddhist centers in communities in America and is one of the key teachers who introduced mindfulness to the West. Our live happy science editor Paula Feldelps talked with Jack about the importance of meditation

and his new book, No Time, Like the Present. Well, Jack, it's really an honor to have you on our

podcast. You know, a lot of our listeners like myself have followed your books and what you've had

to teach us through the years. And this new book is so timely and important. And I was curious,

and as I was looking at your information, how did you know that it was time for no time like

the present to be published? It feels like the culmination of a lot of years of work. It's the

15th book I've done. And I felt like this was a time to talk about finding freedom

where you are, that in a way it summarizes many of the things that we're looking for in our

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