Gillian Mandich is a happiness researcher and is currently completing her PhD at Western University in Health and Rehabilitation Science, specializing in Health Promotion. She is a yoga and Yoga Tune Up® teacher; TV host and Community Producer of “Gillian Mandich: Cooking Adventures”; co-host of Holistic Health Diary Podcast and TV show; guest health host on the Home Shopping Network (HSN); sits on the Advisory Board at Examine.com; is the creator, producer, and host of Health Science Radio on 94.9 CHRW, and writes for numerous print and online media.
We dive into topics like
- The unlikely path that got Gillian started as a happiness researcher
- What the research says about happiness and how it affects the other areas of your life
- Anxiety, stress, depression, and happiness
- Gillian’s favorite happiness strategy through all her years of practice and research
- The correlation between gratitude and happiness
- Creating an environment that reduces barriers to reaching your goals
- The distinction between “health care” and “sick care”
- The practice side of happiness
- Things you can do to get back up when you are faced with challenges
- How happiness and sadness are completely different constructs
- How happiness looks different for each one of us
- Why happiness 100% of the time isn’t the goal
- The surprising affects of a smile on our physiology
- How to use stress to be a better person
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“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.“
Joseph Campbell
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Resources talked about in this episode
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