Episode 504 – Resilient Optimism with Michelle Gielan

Episode 504 - Resilient Optimism with Michelle Gielan

‘ You can continually be choosing optimistic behavior even when you’re not feeling optimistic.’ Michelle Gielan is a positive psychology researcher married to a happiness researcher – wouldn’t you love to be at that dinner table? In her latest book Resilient Optimism: The science of sustaining a positive mindset in tough…

Continue reading

Episode 287 – Writing and happiness with Megan Hayes

Episode 287 - Writing and happiness with Megan Hayes

‘The individual is a research project, every time we try something new we’re being a kind of scientist in our own life.’ Megan Hayes studied the links between writing and happiness, and the first thing she discovered is that it’s both more powerful and more complex than we think. Yes,…

Continue reading