Episode 156: What Is Happy?

<em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>What is happy?</span></em><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>This is a loaded question—but it’s something I want to explore in this episode because happiness is the #1 thing my clients say they want. But how do we get to happiness? What is the path there?</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Lately, I’ve been on a quest to go deeper. To ask questions. To get clear. </span></p> <p><a href='https://live-happier.com/153-kim-stobel/'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In episode 153</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>, I explored how asking and studying into a question helps you to really get to the heart of the issue. </span></p> <p><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>What does happiness look like? </span></em></p> <p><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>What does happiness feel like? </span></em></p> <p><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How will we know when we’ve reached happiness? </span></em></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>For this episode, I decided to ask some of the people in my life—my mom, my second mom, my nephews, and my friend Andrew, who is a philosophy professor at Otterbein University—what they think about happiness and you’ll hear their ideas throughout the show. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>As you’re listening to this episode, I challenge you to ask yourself:</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>what is happy for you? </span></em></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span><strong>Listen to the full episode to hear:</strong></p> <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How happiness is fleeting and is a feeling we have, just like sadness and anger. It isn’t a state of constant being</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>How to give ourselves grace and relieve ourselves of the pressure that we</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>should</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>be happy all the time—and if