Tune Into Happiness; Janice Kaplan

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

4.8 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Janice Kaplan is the guest of Tune Into Happiness, today’s MIndfulness Mode episode. She is a journalist, TV producer, and the author of fifteen popular books, including the New York Times bestseller The Gratitude Diaries. Her upcoming book, What Your Body Knows About Happiness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind, releasing January 7, 2025, explores the groundbreaking connection between body and mind in creating joy. A former editor-in-chief of Parade magazine, Janice has produced over thirty primetime TV specials and appeared frequently on national TV shows. With her signature humor and storytelling, she brings science to life, empowering readers to use their bodies to unlock creativity, positivity, and everyday happiness. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.JaniceKaplan.com Book: What Your Body Knows About Happiness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind Most Influential Person Daniel Gilbert, Harvard Psychology Department Daniel Kahneman, nobel prize winner and behavioral psychologist Effect on Emotions I have been able to deal with my emotions differently as a result of my research. That started with The Gratitude Diaries because I realize that we can control the way we feel about things. Classically, we can't control the things that happen but we can control how we deal with them. Thoughts on Breathing I don't personally have a breath-work practice but I know it can help enormously. I was with some folks the other day who had two little kids, a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. The kids were running around and the parents stopped the children and ask them to breathe in 1,2,3 and breathe out 1,2,3. The kids had obviously done this before. The 4-year-old said, no Daddy, we breathe in for 4 counts. Suggested Resources Book: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio Book: How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain Lisa Feldman Barrett Book: A Philosophy of Walking by Frederick Gros App: n/a Related Episodes Find Peace With 365 Days of Happiness; Jacqueline Pirtle Booster Shot of Happiness; Soren Russow The Future of Happiness With Amy Blankson

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0:00.0	Mindfulness Mode. So many small things can make such a huge difference.
0:07.0	Hey, Mindful Tribe, welcome back to another episode of Mindfulness Mode. And if you listen to last week's episode, you'll know that I talked about a fantastic new book that's going to be coming out in January, you'll be able to order that book right away
0:22.9	and receive it very soon. And today, I'm thrilled to tell you that I'm with the author of that
0:30.7	book. She's a journalist. She's a TV producer. She's actually the author of 15 books, including
0:37.0	the Gratitude Diaries.
0:39.0	And I'm very honored to have Janice Kaplan with me today.
0:43.1	Janice, are you in mindfulness mode today?
0:45.7	Oh, well, it's great to be with you, Bruce.
0:47.6	Thank you so much.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:49.9	Well, the book I really appreciated, the book called What Your Body Knows About Happiness,
0:56.2	and the subtitle is also excellent, how to use your body to change your mind.
1:02.0	So Janice, I'm really interested in this book, and I know that you don't see yourself as,
1:08.3	you know, particularly in the mindfulness space. but when I read this book I thought it was
1:13.1	such a perfect book for the beginning of the year and I believe that this book dovetails into
1:19.8	mindfulness very well but if I were to say what does mindfulness mean to you what would you say
1:26.7	in spite of the fact that this is not the
1:29.6	central focus of the book? Well, what I try to talk about in the book is looking at how our bodies
1:37.1	and minds connect to each other and the link between body and mind and trying to understand
1:43.2	what our bodies are saying to us.
1:46.0	And I think in the mindfulness world, we often are very much focused on the mind.
1:52.0	And we think of the brain as being the big space controlling everything.
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