Category: happiness

Practical Advice on How to Be Happy

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo

Broadcast and podcast on webtalkradio.net. The podcast is also on the links below

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Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo

Dr. Lombardo’s emphasis is on treating happiness as a skill that we can learn and hone. Her approach is primarily cognitive behavioral—that is emphasizing what we think and what we do. She points out that 75% of visits to doctors involve no diagnosable medical condition. She approaches people with pain by acknowledging that their pain is real, then looking for the stress behind it and finding ways to lower the stress and to redirect attention to something else.

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Where is the Happiest Place in the World?

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Anti-Aging Psychologist, Dr. Michael Brickey

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Eric Weiner

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Eric Weiner

We all want to be happy. It’s the quintessential American obsession. Did you ever visit the Bahamas or some other paradise and wonder if they were the happiest people in the world? NPR foreign correspondent Eric Weiner got tired of covering wars and disasters around the world and undertook a special assignment to find what countries are the happiest citizens. It’s an assignment that reminds me of Albert Brooks’s movie, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim world-a search with wit and interesting discoveries. His answers will probably surprise you and give some clues as to how you might more wisely seek happiness.

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