Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a self-actualized, limitless life? Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Or are you just plain tired and want some help? We explore all these concerns and more every week on the Happiness Podcast, which has been downloaded over 10 million times since its inception. Happiness does not happen by chance, but because we take specific actions in our lives to create it. Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D., author of 13 books, TV show host, Psychology Today blogger, and corporate trainer, has been studying the actions it takes to reach the highest levels of human achievement for decades, and he wants to share what he knows with you. Come and explore, along with millions of others from the Happiness Podcast, Dr. Puff books and Psychology Today blog, private clients and corporate workshop attendees, the specific steps to take so that you can soar in your life. To learn more, go to: http://www.HappinessPodcast.org/
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How Do I Know Who I Am We take on so many labels during our lifetime. And sometimes, they completely change. I am a rich person; I am a depressed person; I am a wife and mother. But what would happen if we stopped identifying with any label and just flowed with life? Might we find that freedom and happiness, which are always there, come rushing back in? New Happiness Podcast episode with Dr. Robert Puff, Newport Beach Psychologist 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://w...
Secret to a Happy Life What is the secret to a happy life? Happiness is an exclusive club that few can join. Instead, we can all be happy if we do two things. First, we need to fully engage in the here and now. Second, we need to call life play, not work. Happiness will be ours if we do these two things throughout the day. New Happiness Podcast episode with Dr. Robert Puff, Newport Beach Psychologist 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do y...
When Someone You Love Is Hurting When someone you love is hurting, there are four things you can do to be helpful and kind. Be present. Don't judge them for their struggles. Be careful not to get burnout or overwhelmed. And finally, don't feel guilty for their pain. These four things are easy to do, but when we do them well, we can support our hurting loved ones. New Happiness Podcast episode with Dr. Robert Puff, Newport Beach Psychologist 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW!...
Unhealthy Attachments: "Yes, But Not That" Though most of us are seeking to live a happy life, unfortunately, there is a high price for happiness. All attachments need to be preferences or things we would prefer but can live without. We tend to say, "Yes, but not that." Any attachment can ultimately be unhealthy, that is, if our goal is unqualified happiness. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a pea...
Carpe Diem: Stop Putting Hope in the Future When we put our hopes in the future, we often stop living now. The end is, at best, uncertain and sometimes different from what we were expecting or wanting. If we, instead, carpe diem or seize the day, we will find happiness throughout our life journey instead of in the future hopes that may never come true. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, ...
Dr. Robert Puff unveils "The Happiness Formula," a two-step process to thrive amidst life's inevitable difficulties. He emphasizes exhausting all options to improve a situation, then embracing acceptance for what cannot be changed. The core of the formula lies in consistently asking, "How can I make this work?" to find solutions, even in seemingly irreparable situations or when one is culpable, ultimately leading to a beautiful and fulfilling life.
How to Deal with Negativity There can be a lot of negativity that we get exposed to throughout the day. A stranger flips us off as we are commuting to work, and we watch ugly human behaviors that show up on our phone scrolling. The key is to not dwell on the negative behaviors of others and redirect our focus on the "positive" events around us. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy li...
When Bad Things Happen To Good People What are we to do when bad things happen in our lives? Is it helpful to look for causes and find blame? Or is there a healthier way to deal with bad things happening to good people? "I am not responsible for what happens to me, but I am responsible for how I handle it." 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific...
Are Expectations Good or Bad? Are having expectations helpful or harmful for us in the long run? The danger with expectations is our expectations is that sometimes they aren't met, which can cause us stress, anger, and anxiety. And even life fulfills our expectations; they only give us a little satisfaction. Explore positive ways to live life with or without expectations. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes ...
Optimists Live Longer (New Research Say Yes) New research describes how optimistic people, on average, live 15% to 20% longer than more pessimistic persons and have a 50% to 70% chance of reaching 85 years old. How do we change our negative habits and live longer? Come and explore the beautiful possibilities. ---Lewina O. Lee, Peter James, Emily S. Zevon, Eric S. Kim, Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Avron Spiro III, Francine Grodstein, and Laura D. Kubzansky. Optimism is associated with exceptional l...
Does Money Buy Happiness (New Research Say No) A recent research study found that people are happy even in more impoverished areas. More importantly, people are more content in these places than in more affluent areas in the same countries. In other words, "happiness is not in principle related to economic outcome." More critical to happiness are feeling safe, spending time in nature, and living in a supportive community. McGill University. (2021, February 8). Happiness really does come for free...
When Boredom Strikes Boredom is a problem that many of us face. Because when we feel bored, we often look for things that remove that feeling, yet sometimes our choices that remove our boredom come with negative (even dire) consequences. Explore healthy ways to address our boredom and live a healthy life. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific s...
The Power of Our Words The power of our words is genuinely astonishing. With our words, we can ask someone to spend the rest of our lives together, and at the same time, our words can destroy a decades-old relationship. Not only do the word we share affect others, but they also impact us based on what we hear in our heads all day long. Most importantly, our words can create love, kindness, and joy in us and those around us. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.Happ...
Karmic Consequences (How Our Thoughts and Actions Reap Results) If you plant poison ivy seeds, you cannot expect blueberries to grow from those seeds. Our thoughts and actions that we engage with throughout the day reap consequences. The question is, what are we going to reap? Because everything we think and do matters. Explore ways to plant happiness in your life and those around you. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder ...
How To Avoid Burnout Many of us love to help others in various ways, from caring for elderly parents to assisting those struggling with emotional or physical disabilities. But you might need to learn how often helping others can lead to burnout. Let's explore ways together to avoid burnout and keep assisting others for whom we care. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you ...
How To Be In Harmony With The Universe When we slow and listen to our hearts, we will find a flow to our universe that is unique to our interests and abilities. If we get caught up in other people's thoughts, we stop listening to this flow. But when we self-reflect and listen to the nudging of the universe that is unique to our lives, we will find harmony in our lives, even if the world around us is chaotic. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org...
Benefits of Spending Time Alone If you want to get to know someone, you must spend time with them. Spending time with someone is also true of us. Unfortunately, we only make a little time to be alone and self-explore. This talk explores the benefits of spending time alone and ways that we avoid being alone. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific...
When Someone You Love Is Hurting One of the most challenging aspects of finding happiness is when someone we love is suffering. How can we be happy if our child is suffering from terminal cancer? Is it possible to be joyful when our adult son or daughter is going through an acrimonious divorce? Or what do we do when our parent develops dementia? Life can still be good, even when others we love are hurting. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org �...
Living Life To Its Fullest There are four things we can explore about how to live life to the fullest. First, how is my life going now? Second, why should I make changes in my life? Third, finding others who are living a beautiful life to learn from. Fourth, commit to working towards living a good life. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific ste...
How To Be Happy With What You Have The wealthiest people aren't the ones who have the most but are most satisfied with what they have. Happiness is available to all of us, especially when we learn to accept and even love what life gives "now." 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a self-actualized, limitless life? Are you str...
Using Your Time Wisely We can lose all the money that we have and get it back. But the one thing we can never get back is time. Our time on Earth is limited. How do we use that time wisely to find and keep happiness in our hearts? Come and explore this new Happiness Podcast episode 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a self-...
Stop Chasing Happiness Are we there yet? Chasing happiness can cause a plethora of unhappiness because we seek something permanent in an impermanent world. Seeking no adversity will cause suffering. Instead, wish for the fortitude to withstand any hardship, and happiness will be there. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a self...
Saying Yes To Life We struggle with life on so many levels. However, there is a beneficial "skill" or "technique" that can alleviate our suffering. It involves "saying yes to life" in all circumstances after we have done everything we can at the moment to improve our lives. Embracing what we can't control frees our minds from suffering, and we don't have to struggle so much. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org ************* Welcome to the offi...
Finding Peace in an Anxious World In an ever-increasing world of change, how do we adapt to these changes without feeling anxious or overwhelmed? We discuss 3 keeps steps for dealing with the growing complexity of our world and ways to do well with all the changes. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Dr. Robert Puff – Home of the Happiness Podcast 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful...
Effortless Action Are you tired? Do you find that your life is a constant struggle? Life can be so much easier when we take the time to listen to our hearts and move in the direction of effortless action. By flowing with life and doing things daily that bring us joy and peace, we will find that life can be a wonderful adventure. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curi...
How to Stop Being Upset With Someone When we get upset at others, it can ruin our days or lives. This talk explores an effective technique to avoid being so upset with others. When we do this, our lives go more smoothly and peacefully. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org ************* Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Dr. Robert Puff – Home of the Happiness Podcast 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Ar...
How Does Suffering Help Us Grow We physically suffer sometimes in our lives, and we emotionally suffer sometimes in our lives. Is there a reason for these sufferings and ways we can grow from them? Equally as important, do our pains and sorrows have something to teach us? Come and explore. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a ...
Habits for Happiness We first make our habits; then, our habits shape us. The question to ask ourselves is what types of habits we create in our lives all day long. Things that we do matter. People who find happiness and peace in their lives make specific habits too. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a peaceful, happy life? Are you curious about the specific steps involved in a self-actualized, lim...
Happiness vs Pleasure (Why Thrills Don't Work) Happiness isn't about seeking thrills and pleasure. Instead, creating a happy life is about living well every day, every moment of our lives. We can accomplish this by living in the present moments and focusing on the beautiful gifts of life all around us now. 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org ************* Welcome to Home of the Happiness Podcast 💛 Do you ever wonder what it takes to lead a pe...
Open Hearts Open Minds (How to be kind towards others) There is a natural tendency to quickly evaluate a new person that we meet on various external factors. What if we kept our hearts and minds open with everyone who met? Might we not experience a much more different and beautiful world? 🎧 Listen to all Episodes of the Happiness Podcast NOW! https://www.HappinessPodcast.org 💬 Did you enjoy today's video? Tell me all about it in the comment section below! ✨ And if you like this video, consider...
