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The Science of Happiness

Quieting Your Inner Critic

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Social Sciences, Science

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Are you too hard on yourself? Our Happiness Guinea Pig spent most of his life behind bars. Discover the research-tested practice that helped him quiet his inner critic.

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The day started with me waking up and deciding I wasn't going to go to school. I went and found my friend who also

0:57.5

never went to school and we were trying to figure out ways to get money for drugs.

1:04.0

So I went with him to the Hollywood Hills to find a Becker, Becker pull-out car stereo.

1:10.0

We climbed into this Mercedes and it didn't have a Becker, but we were just looking for something we could steal and the owner pulled up and he was an off-duty LAPD.

1:22.0

So I was filling some fear around what it's going to be like in jail.

1:25.0

Yeah, I found out right away.

1:27.0

LAPD came and picked us up and took us to the Hollywood Substation.

1:31.0

So they couldn't find my parents.

1:33.8

So then they took me to a holding cell.

1:36.4

So it was my first time in a cell.

1:38.4

Chained to a bench and they, you know, I probably was chained to that bench for another eight hours.

1:45.0

It got cold, it got damp, you know, all I know is I'm never getting out.

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