I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of

the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.

Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right

now.

This selling author, Sean Acore, says that while many of us believe we're either born happy

or not, his research has proven that we all have the power to become happier people.

Born in Waco, Texas, in 1978 to an English teacher mom and a neuroscientist dad, it looked

like Sean was going to follow in his father's footsteps from an early age.

After high school, Sean left home to attend Harvard on a military scholarship, and after studying

religion as an undergrad, he was inspired to continue his studies at Harvard's Divinity

School. There, he became fascinated with the big questions in life, why we love, why

we wake up in the morning, and how we discover meaning and purpose. He was introduced to an

emerging field called positive psychology, which simply put is the study of happiness.

Sean was hooked and was tapped to help develop and teach the most popular class at Harvard,

known on campus as the happiness class. Today, Sean travels the world, training people and

professionals on how to rewire their brains to become more positive. He is the author of

four books, including the best sellers, the happiness advantage, and his latest before

happiness. What began as an experimental college course is now at the heart of Sean's inspiring

work.

When I heard that there was a course at Harvard, not just a course, but the most popular

course at Harvard, and it was on happiness, I was like, gosh, I would either like to be

in that class or teach that class, and you were one of the teachers of that class.

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