Happy Face Podcast

What if gratitude is the new bitcoin? What if humans are wired to focus on darkness? And what if You are watering weeds instead of flowers?This podcast is not about woohoo style gratitude where you feel into all the amazing things that you happen to have even though things are really terrible. This podcast is not about toxic positivity and denying real feelings either. Although writing down positive aspects of life has proven to be effective in daily journaling, we have better for you. Choosing to be grateful is changing the way your own heart beats and is changing the way you breathe. And this is not a weak sauce. Let's sauce it up with neuroimaging data, inflammatory markers, short term and long term effects and psychology-backed-up research and learn the most effective gratitude practice out there.

We live long but sick, let's live longer but healthy. The last decades of our lives can be the richest. It's not about living as long as possible, it's about living well and in good health until you die. Only about 20% of how long the average person lives is determined by genes. Genes are not our destiny. 80% of our lifespan has everything to do with our lifestyle.

Through perception, relationships, social and cultural influences bodily experiences arise. These experiences are inscribed in the body and can be of a wide spectrum, from negative, through neutral to positive (e.g. heart rate rises after contact with a beloved person). Sometimes, it can be helpful to bring those unconscious bodily experiences to the surface of our conscious mind and better understand what is going on with our body and mind. Let´s dive to this episode with me!