We all get by with a little help from our friends,

but we need to know what types of friends we need to have

on this episode of Live Happy Now.

The ancient Greeks define happiness as the joy you feel

moving towards your potential.

To think about positive psychology, it's a science,

and it's actually younger than the internet, believe it or not.

The reality is that social connection is in the research, the greatest predictor we have of long-term happiness.

You have some factors in your control. They can promote the health and resilience and growth of your absolutely most important asset, which is your brain.

And so it all comes down to understanding ourselves. There's a way for all of us to succeed, but it might take different things.

We're all looking for the same thing, and that's a way to bring a little bit more joy to our day.

Join us as we look at the many different paths that lead us to that happy place. This is

Live Happy Now. Hello and greetings and welcome to another edition of the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm

your host, J.R. Houston. Please that you are making us a part of your day, wherever you are in the

world, and however you may be listening. In this episode, we're talking friendships and the different

types of friends you can have with our guest, Stephen Co.

Stephen is a senior scholar in residence and a Kirpalu ambassador. He's a Western trained psychotherapist who writes and teaches about the relationships between Western psychological paradigms and the Eastern contemplative traditions. In his 25thiversary Edition, the Yoga Journal named him one of the most important innovators

in the developing field of American Yoga.

And we talk to him now.

Well, Stephen, we're glad to finally get you on the program.

This is a topic that I'm very interested in and very glad that we're getting a chance

to dive in deep with a man who's literally written the book

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