Ashley Melillo

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Ep. 13: Happiness is a Pointillism Painting

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We all want to be happy.

In fact, you could say that almost everything we do is motivated by the desire to move ourselves closer to happiness.

And yet happiness is elusive. Tricky to grasp... like holding water within our hands.

What is happiness? Is happiness malleable—meaning, can our efforts to increase happiness have a lasting effect? What are the most common barriers to happiness?

We answer all these questions and more in this episode.


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EPISODE LINKS
Article: The Scientist at the Easel
Article: The Hedonic Treadmill—Are We Forever Chasing Rainbows?
Article: Is Happiness Genetic + What Causes It?
Article: The three elements of happiness

EPISODE SOURCES
Helliwell, J., Shiplett, H., & Bonikowska, A. (2020). Migration as a test of the happiness set‐point hypothesis: Evidence from immigration to Canada and the United Kingdom. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne D'économique, 53(4), 1618-1641.
Polak, E., & McCullough, M. (2005). Is gratitude an alternative to materialism? Journal of Happiness Studies, 7(3), 343-360.

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