The Secret to a Happy Life: What the Longest Study on Happiness Reveals

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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🗓️ 7 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, you’ll learn the surprising science of happiness. This is a masterclass on everything you need to know about happiness: what really creates it, the different types of happiness, and 4 easy habits that will make your life better. You’ll learn lessons from the longest study on happiness, what habits are blocking your happiness, and science-based tools for feeling better. It’s also grounded in questions from listeners just like you, who are seeking more happiness, fulfillment, and meaning in their lives. This is an encore episode with new and exciting insights from Mel at the top of the episode. You’ll be happy you joined. Because happiness is not only possible; it is an option for you. Get out your notebook because we are drilling into decades of psychological research that will ladder up to more meaning, purpose, and satisfaction in your life. To hear more about some of the powerful research mentioned, listen to this episode with happiness expert Dr. Robert Waldinger: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study on Happiness If you, like Mel, find it hard to truly let yourself be happy, listen to this very personal episode about why you’ve been blocking happiness: The Secret to Success & Happiness Nobody Talks About For more resources, including the studies mentioned today, click here for the podcast episode page. Connect with Mel: Get Mel’s new free 26-page workbook, What Do You Really Want, to finally answer that question and redefine your future. Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:04.2	I am so excited that you're here with me today because we're going to mix it up.
0:12.4	For today's episode, I went into the inbox.
0:15.2	Oh, you didn't know that I have an inbox where you can suggest topics that you and I are going to
0:20.8	talk about on this podcast. Well I do.
0:23.6	Just go to Mel Robbins.com slash podcast and you will see a little button that says
0:27.5	submit a topic boom and you're in. So I was in the inbox recently.
0:33.0	There were so many questions
0:36.0	about the topic of happiness.
0:38.0	So that's what we're going to talk about today.
0:41.0	And we're going to talk about it using the questions from your
0:44.3	fellow listeners around the world. We are going to talk about everything you need to
0:48.8	know about happiness, what it is, what it isn't, the surprising impact that genetics play, how to feel happier, why you're
0:56.4	not as happy as you used to be. And the truth about how to make other people happy, you
1:00.7	really need to hear that one. And my favorite topic, how do you let more
1:05.0	happiness in? And we're going to start with this question from Andrea, who wrote in and asked
1:11.0	me if I would just talk about happiness in general.
1:14.0	Because as she put it, she's not sure she's ever felt true happiness.
1:19.0	She said, Mel, I'm just living.
1:21.0	I guess I feel that something is missing and I believe it's
1:24.0	happiness. Andrea you're probably right. Happiness is missing and I know exactly
1:32.1	what you need to do.
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