The Surprising Case for Oversharing

This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. As someone who's trained in what the science really shows about feeling happier. I often find myself in the following unfortunate position.

I hear some well-intentioned piece of happiness advice that's being shared on social media or by some self-help guru. And I find myself thinking, wow, um, that piece of advice is just totally friggin' wrong. And honestly, the expletives I use in my head are usually worse than frigate. I'm censoring here because, you know, family podcast. Now I like to think of myself as a nice person.

So when I hear people getting the facts about the science of happiness wrong, I try not to go into super harsh takedown mode. Even when dealing with some self proclaimed expert. Someone who honestly is supposed to know better? I tend to use a kinder, gentler approach. I'll drop a comment like, well, maybe there's another way we can think about this.

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