Your Happiness Is a Problem
Daddy Issues with Violet Benson
Violet Benson
4.7 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Join your Russian big sis, Violetta as she unravels the tale of Buddha’s enlightenment and Disappointment Panda's brutal truths. She then explores if happiness is an algorithm we can crack or if we’re just wired to be a bit miserable.
Why do we suffer? Is pain necessary for survival? Are we all just masochists in denial? and why blaming others is the perfect cop-out!! Violetta then delves into how dissatisfaction is baked into our DNA and why the greatest truths in life are the hardest to swallow. From the brain’s take on physical vs. psychological pain to how solving problems (yes, even the crappy ones) is the secret sauce to true happiness, your big sis has got you covered.
Buckle up, because this episode is all about why your happiness is indeed a problem and what you can do about it.
Credits: Big shoutout to Mark Manson for his brilliant insights from “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.”
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| 0:00.0 | The truth is I thought I wanted something but it turns out that I didn't end of story I wanted the reward but not the struggle |
| 0:07.4 | I wanted the result but not the process I was in love with not the fight but only the victory and life does not work that way. |
| 0:14.9 | Who you are is defined but what you're willing to struggle for. |
| 0:18.8 | It's vile events and your favorite meme queen and the big sic you didn't ask for, but see welcome to almost |
| 0:26.0 | adulting. |
| 0:28.0 | Are you ready? |
| 0:32.0 | Privyat and welcome to a brand new, almost, adulting, and a warm destination for personal growth, |
| 0:38.0 | dating, and mental health infused with psychology, expert studies, and scientific research. |
| 0:43.7 | I am violetta, your Russian vixis, ready to dish out that tough love. |
| 0:47.6 | Welcome to a brand new Benson Book Club. |
| 0:53.3 | Every Tuesday you have Benson Book Club. |
| 0:56.7 | As you know, I am writing a book this year. |
| 1:00.3 | That's right, I have a book deal. |
| 1:01.8 | And while I'm writing a book this year. I've decided to dedicate every Tuesday to the Benson book club |
| 1:08.2 | Today without further ado I will be sharing a passage from the subtle art of not giving a fuck written by Mark Manson. |
| 1:30.0 | Happiness is a problem. About 2,500 years ago in the Himalayan foothills of the present day Nepal, they lived in a great palace, a king who is going to have a son. |
| 1:34.4 | For this son, the king, had a particularly grand idea. |
| 1:38.8 | He would make the child's life perfect. |
| 1:41.1 | This child would never know a moment of suffering. |
| 1:44.7 | Every need, every desire would be accounted for at all times. |
| 1:48.5 | The king built high walls around the palace that prevented the prince from knowing the |
| 1:52.4 | outside world. |
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