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May 2025
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Super Soul Special: Shawn Achor, Part 1:...

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Original Air Date: December 18, 2017 

Do you want to be happier? Harvard-trained researcher and bestselling author Shawn Achor shares his simple, achievable steps to diminish depression, increase joy, and shift our perspective to be more positive. Shawn brings to life his research on the science of happiness and the techniques of what he calls positive psychology.


 


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