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Dec 2020
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How to Train Your Brain to be Happy with...

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Mo Gawdat wants to make the world a happier place. When faced with one of the most emotionally devastating life events imaginable, the former Chief Business Officer at Google founded the One Billion Happy movement to bring collective emotional liberation to the masses. **
On today's Braincare Podcast, we hear how Mo's personal story lead to his life's work investigating powerful human emotions, and how acknowledging causality can free us of guilt, and why you should make happiness a priority.
We talk about:

  • Why is happiness important?
  • Mo Gawdat's flow chart for mapping emotions
  • Thoughts on emotional embodiment
  • The physical ramifications of unhappiness
  • How much of our feelings are conditioned by external forces?
  • Why our brains are the keys to unhappiness
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