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.

When you meet Sean A. Corp, there's no doubt this happiness expert is a happy guy. He's

a Harvard-trained expert in a relatively new field called Positive Psychology, which is essentially

the study of happiness. His TED Talk has been viewed more than seven million times. In it,

he turned the old equation between success and happiness on its head. With his unique

blend of science and spirituality, Sean believes happiness is a choice. He says it is about

tapping into what really matters to you, what we all really long for, and deciding to make

happiness a true pursuit. And while Sean appears to be one of those people who is just born happy,

you might be surprised to find out he has lived through some very dark days. It was when he was

at Harvard studying religion that he first learned about other faiths and traditions. For Sean,

who had grown up in a sheltered conservative home, discovering that there were many people in the

world who had different paths to God, rocked not only the foundation of his faith, but his very

being. Suddenly, he began questioning everything, and he was no longer certain what he knew for sure,

and it broke him wide open. So you weren't always happy. You went through a period where you were

depressed, actually, in college. I did. I went through two years of depression myself,

and I think depression for everyone. Like real depression? Yeah, real depression. I mean,

I lost, I'm a skinny person, naturally. I lost, you know, 20 pounds from where I am right now.

It was, it was, it cropped up on me. Depression's different for everyone, but for me, it was like

I wandered out into the swamp, and I couldn't remember how I got there, but more importantly, I couldn't

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