Welcome back to Practicing Human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscara.

And in today's episode, we're going to be talking about how to become an optimist

and the many often unknown benefits of doing so.

More to come on that in a moment.

But first, it is 2 Bell Tuesday.

Oh, hallelujah, 2 Bell Tuesday.

I'm going to ring the bells twice, you listen with your full presence and awareness and focus

as if this were the most important 20 seconds of your life.

Here we go.

Hmm, thank you 2 Bell Tuesday.

Now that we're a little more settled in, let's talk about optimism.

Often spoken about alongside its close cousin, pessimism.

Now, when you hear those two words, optimism, pessimism,

what is your knee jerk feeling about which one you identify with?

Are you more of an optimist?

Are you more of a pessimist?

You don't have to say it out loud, but just get a sense for yourself as you hear those words

and you consider your own personality or expression and relationship to them.

If you've listened to this podcast for some time or followed my teachings over the years,

you know at the core of my belief of what leads to a good life is integrating all the various parts of yourself,

your humanness, your personality, making space for these parts of you to be seen, accepted, held, and even loved.

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