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Oct 2018
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The Science of Happiness with Meik Wikin...

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author
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“Globally we are richer than ever before, but we fail to convert that wealth into wellbeing”   Meik Wiking, author of best-selling book Hygge, understands happiness better than anyone. In his role as Founder and CEO of the world's only Happiness Research Institute, he has travelled the globe interviewing the world's happiest people to discover the key comp ... Show More
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