{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ffbf534a502c646644d47c5/5ffbf5414454d24290e80d34?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 42. Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life with Professor Paul Dolan","description":"<br />\n<br />\nIn &#8216;Happy Ever After: Escaping the Myth of the Perfect Life' bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies covering issues such as wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living for ever.<br />\n<br />\nBy freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.<br />\n<br />\nWe discuss:<br />\n<br />\n-Does money make us happy?<br />\n<br />\n-What's the link between happiness and success<br />\n<br />\n-Why you might be better off choosing to be single<br />\n<br />\n-The benefits of being child-free<br />\n<br />\n<a href=\"https://pauldolan.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://pauldolan.co.uk/</a><br />\n<a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Ever-After-Escaping-Perfect/dp/0241284449/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1548252715&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=paul+dolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy Happy Ever After on Amazon</a><br />\n<br />\n<br />\nDon't forget to grab your FREE anxiety-busting tool kit at <a href=\"http://www.calmer-you.com/free\">www.calmer-you.com/free</a> and you'll also be the first to hear about the latest news, freebies and podcasts.<br />\n<br />\nPlease subscribe to &#8216;The Calmer you Podcast' in the podcast app or in iTunes to get the latest episodes and please leave me a review 🙂<br />\n<br />\nThanks so much for listening!<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n    <br />\n<br />","author_name":"Chloe Brotheridge"}