How is it possible to find happiness and positivity during one of the most uncertain and devastating years in recent history?

Neil Paz Risha is a New York Times bestselling author and a positive psychology expert whose work focuses on just that.

In this episode, Neil shares simple techniques we can all use to rewire our brains for happiness,

and how to find small winds at home and at work

that re-energize all areas of your life. In a production note, you might notice that the audio

quality on these episodes are a little bit less than they usually are. Please bear with us as we're

trying to do all this over Zoom now. This is three things with Neil Pasarisha. So listen,

let's get into it.

You spent over a decade at Walmart as a head of L&D.

And then you walked away to focus on discovering what makes people happy.

Now you serve, I'm going to read the title so I get it right,

Director of the Institute of Global Happiness.

The last time we talked, you've written a book called The Happiness Equation.

Now you just released, you're awesome.

But really, this has to be a tough time to be you, but probably never a more important time

to be here talking about happiness.

What is your assessment of how people are doing?

Yeah. So just zooming out from a very high level right now, every single mental health index we have

is skyrocketing off the charts in their measures of the number of people who are saying they are

experiencing loneliness, anxiety, depression, The whole sweet that we can measure

of mental health challenges is definitely ratcheting up quickly. And you don't need me to tell you

this. Look around. Talk to friends and family. How hard is it right now to visit the aging

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