The Happiness Formula

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Research finds that by and large happiness is a learned and cultivated behavior. Even better? Decades of psychological research lay the foundation for a handy-dandy formula that helps us *increase* the amount of happiness we experience in our daily lives. On today's show: abandoning cultural expectations in favor of a happiness formula that's both practical and empirically-based. Here's a preview: [3:00] If happiness isn't a state of being, what is it, really? Should we even seek it out? [7:45] H = S + C + V! An easy-to-understand formula for a happier life [16:00] Adults today are less happy than adults in previous generations, and here's why [21:00] 7 research-backed ways to increase your level of enduring happiness Resources mentioned: Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Dr. Martin Seligman Episode #343: The Distorted Mirror This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
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1:00.8	Well, hello and welcome back.
1:05.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 424 of sustainable
1:10.8	minimalist.
1:11.8	If you just found this show and you don't know anything about it,
1:14.1	well this is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist living.
1:19.2	Today I have a down and dirty intentional living episode for you because on today's show we are once and for all
1:26.1	editing that happiness formula that has been fed to us since birth and we're revising it. We're taking what recent research says
1:35.7	happiness is and what it isn't and we're creating and adopting in our own lives
1:41.2	that new happiness formula.
1:44.0	Now happiness, it can seem amorphous and elusive, can't it?
1:48.7	Happiness radiates from some people and is completely absent in others, why is that and what can we do about it?
1:57.3	I wanted to cover this topic today because lately in my own personal life I have been obsessed with my own level of
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