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Feb 2023
48m 14s

Happiness 2.0: The Only Way Out Is Throu...

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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It's natural to want to run away from difficult emotions such as grief, anger and fear. But what happens when these feelings catch up with us? This week, in the second installment of our Happiness 2.0 series, psychologist Todd Kashdan looks at the relationship between distress and happiness, and how to keep difficult emotions from sabotaging our wellbeing. 
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