The Dark Side of Happiness With Michael Easter

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On today’s show, John talks with author and speaker Michael Easter about the surprising dark side of happiness, comfort and escapism. Lyrics of the Day: ""Truckin'" - The Grateful Dead Let us know what’s going on by leaving a voicemail at 844.693.3291 or visiting johndelony.com/show. Support Our Sponsors: BetterHelp DreamCloud Hallow Thorne Add products to your cart create an account at checkout Receive 25% off ALL orders Resources: Building a Non-Anxious Life Anxiety Test Own Your Past, Change Your Future Questions for Humans Conversation Cards John’s Free Guided Meditation Listen to all The Ramsey Network podcasts anytime, anywhere in our app. Download at: https://apple.co/3eN8jNq These platforms contain content, including information provided by guests, that is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. The content is not intended to replace or substitute for any professional medical, counseling, therapeutic, financial, legal, or other advice. The Lampo Group, LLC d/b/a Ramsey Solutions as well as its affiliates and subsidiaries (including their respective employees, agents and representatives) make no representations or warranties concerning the content and expressly disclaim any and all liability concerning the content including any treatment or action taken by any person following the information offered or provided within or through this show. If you have specific concerns or a situation in which you require professional advice, you should consult with an appropriately trained and qualified professional expert and specialist. If you are having a health or mental health emergency, please call 9-1-1 immediately. Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy

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0:00.0	Coming up on the Dr. John Deloney Show.
0:07.0	We've been using substances for millions of years as survival tools.
0:11.0	What's different is that today we've sort of scaled up the psychoactive
0:15.0	component and made it just abundant anywhere, right? So it's very easy to get and the part that makes
0:20.8	you feel something is very strong.
0:24.0	Whoa, what's up?
0:30.0	This is John, the Dr. John Deloney's show,
0:33.2	a show about your mental health, your marriage,
0:35.6	your emotional health, getting outside and changing your life.
0:39.9	It's a show about changing your family tree. I'm John and I've been doing this for two decades
0:45.5	sitting with hurting people when the wheels have fallen off and my promise is I
0:49.8	may not know the exact answer but I will sit with you and we will figure out what to do next.
0:54.8	If you want to be on the show go to John Deloney.com slash ask ask a s.k fill out the form and we will see if we can
1:02.1	get you on. We get calls and notes from all over the
1:06.3	planet and so I would love to have you as a part of the show. And today's a really
1:11.5	incredible day.
1:14.6	So a number of you wrote in and said,
1:16.8	hey, we love having the occasional interview.
1:19.9	Please, if you have somebody who's great that you think we should know please bring it on
1:25.0	bring them on and listen gosh it's probably a year ago now I got a whole of Dr. Atia, Peter Tia, strongly recommended reading a book and so whenever he's one of the few people and he says read this book I read that book and I read the book it's called The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter.
1:46.0	I finished the book I immediately walked into my 12 year old son's room and I handed him the book.
1:51.0	I did black out a few words just because I don't know I'm an old-fashioned guy I handed it to my 12 year old and I said
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