Why Do We Chase Happiness?

ShrinkChicks

Jennifer Chaiken, LMFT and Emmalee Bierly, LMFT

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Relationships

5 • 717 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of ShrinkChicks, Emmalee and Jen are talking all about happiness. They discuss happiness as an unwavering state vs. an emotion just like any other, the difference between happiness and contentment, the role that toxic positivity plays, the pressure we may feel both internally and externally to be only happy during certain life milestones, our obsession with happiness as a culture, why it can feel so scary to be happy, and so much more! Tune in to gain insight, awareness, and action! PS: Fast forward to around 6:45 to skip the intro and get straight to today’s content. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Matched With One of Our Therapists⁠⁠⁠⁠ at The Therapy Group! ⁠⁠⁠⁠ShrinkChicks on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Know Yourself Grow Yourself Journal⁠⁠⁠⁠!! Check out ShrinkChicks on YouTube by subscribing here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/channel/UCrxuhDqoL4ML3UE8b2J2BBg⁠⁠⁠⁠ A special thank you to this week's sponsors for supporting ShrinkChicks! We have these exclusive offers for our listeners: Leesa: Go to Leesa.com for 25% off a mattress PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code shrinkchicks, exclusive for our listeners Green Chef: Head to Greenchef.com/50SHRINKCHICKS and use code 50SHRINKCHICKS to get 50% off your first month, then 20% off for two months with free shipping Wildgrain: Get $30 off your first box - PLUS free croissants in every box - when you go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Wildgrain.com/SHRINKCHICKS⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start your subscription or use code SHRINKCHICKS at checkout Pretty Litter: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠prettylitter.com/SHRINKCHICKS⁠⁠⁠⁠ to save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy Quince: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠quince.com/shrinkchicks⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns on your next order Spot & Tango: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠spotandtango.com/shrinkchicks⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use code SHRINKCHICKS to get 50% off your first order

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:04.9	I think so often we go into shame of like, oh, I'm embarrassed that I feel a negative emotion now.
0:11.2	Maybe I shouldn't feel this.
0:12.3	Maybe I shouldn't express it.
0:14.1	To understand that is more about the other person's inability to sit with uncomfortable emotions rather than you doing something
0:22.9	wrong in expressing the reality of your emotion. It might be the case that there are certain
0:28.7	people who cannot hold that space for you.
0:43.7	Welcome. Welcome back to another episode of shrink chicks.
0:48.9	Take a seat on our virtual therapy couch and get ready to learn all about, well, you.
0:50.0	I'm Emily Beerley.
0:51.2	And I'm Jennifer Chacon.
0:55.4	And we're both licensed, marriage and family therapist and relationship experts.
1:02.6	We're the owners and founders of the therapy group, a nationwide psychotherapy practice with down-to-earth therapists just like us.
1:03.9	Your session is starting.
1:06.7	So get ready to know yourself and grow yourself.
1:17.1	Anyone else had that fantasy where you can casually pull a warm golden loaf of bread out of your oven and impress everyone?
1:20.0	Like you've just come back from study abroad into French countryside?
1:21.9	No, just me?
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