What Makes You Happy?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:26.6	Dr. Laura.com. What do you think really makes you happy? Think about it for a second. I don't mean giggly.
0:36.2	You just found a $5 bill. Oh, I can spend $5. That's not happiness. A little bit of
0:43.0	exhilaration, maybe. Happiness is a profound and deep thing. It usually makes us cry.
0:49.8	See, people cry in sentimental movies. It touches them because something is deep. Happiness often makes
0:56.5	you cry. That's crazy. It sounds sound or intuitive. By the way, who is this woman talking?
1:01.5	Hi, I'm Dr. Laura Schlesinger, welcoming you to this hour of the program right here on Sirius XM Triumph,
1:08.0	12, 3. You are here with B and Dan screening your calls.
1:14.4	The amazing genius of Carson Smith, engineering, orchestrating our music, producing the segways all at once.
1:24.7	Makes my head dizzy to think about it.
1:27.3	It's good he's young. He can handle that. You know what I'm saying?
1:30.2	Talk about multitasking.
1:31.6	1-800-375-2872.
1:36.9	So what is the secret to being happy?
1:44.4	I hope you're all thinking about this before I start my point of view.
1:51.9	It has nothing to do with stuff.
1:58.7	Because if the stuff really isn't there, then what, you can just be unhappy again?
2:05.5	So what'll make you happy that'll stick?
2:10.1	You ready?
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