Happiness Hacks John Davidson
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- Health & Fitness
Happiness Hacks is a new podcast from British psychotherapist John Davidson. In each bite-sized episode John shares a happiness hack that he learned whist delivering over 10,000 professional therapy sessions. Each of the hacks are simple to understand, easy to implement, and guaranteed to change your life.
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It Doesn’t Get Easier; You Get Better
In this episode John is sharing a live training from his secret Facebook community. It's all about problems - why we have so many of them and why they never seem to go away.
Do you ever feel that you have too many problems in your life? Have you ever wished you could get rid of your problems so that your life was easier? Do you think that solving your problems is going to make you happy? Then listen to find out:
How you can be happy in spite of your problems
How you can actually learn to enjoy having problems
How you can use problems to grow and become your best self
"When you get really good at solving problems they no longer feel like problems."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
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How to Accept Yourself
In this episode John is talking about self acceptance. Are there parts of yourself you can't stand? Do you have a picture in your head of the person you would most like to be? Do you feel that you have to fix yourself before you can like yourself? Listen to find out:
How our parents and teachers have filled our heads with nonsense
Why having an idea of who you want to become is destroying your self esteem
What it really takes to like yourself unconditionally
"The reason we turn from happy little kids into miserable adults is that we've spent our entire childhoods being taught how to be unhappy."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
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Hack Your Dopamine
In this episode John is talking about dopamine. Do you have an addictive personality? Do you enjoy engaging in risky behaviours? Would you self-identify as a hedonist or a pleasure seeker? Listen to find out:
How your brain is actively stopping you from feeling good
Why having expectations ruins your chances of being happy
How to manipulate your brain to give you more of the pleasure you crave
"If we don't pursue that dopamine hit mindfully and consciously, it can take us to some really dark places."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
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You Can Take a Break
In this episode John is talking about a phenomenon known as ‘Excessive Responsibility Taking.’ Are you taking too much responsibility for life? Do you try to do everything by yourself? Are you overworked and overwhelmed? Do you feel that everything is up to you? Listen to find out:
Why you have more support than you can possible imagine
How the most important things are already taken care of
How to get more done by doing less
"We are being supported constantly, but it's almost completely invisible to us unless we take the time to sit down and think about it."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes. Thank you for listening! -
Drop the Drama
In this episode John talks about an invisible pattern of dysfunction that ruins families. Do you ever feel like the whole world is against you? Do you get easily frustrated with other people? Do you find yourself running around trying to solve everybody else’s problems? Listen to find out:
Why 96% of families are dysfunctional
Why it's never appropriate to play the victim
How needing to be right makes you the bad guy
Why nice people need to learn to mind their own business
"In order to survive in a dysfunctional family we have to adapt, and those adaptations have consequences."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
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Secrets of Self Care
In this episode John clears the confusion around the topic of self care. Do you struggle to focus attention on yourself? Does life get in the way and stop you from doing the things you enjoy doing? Does self care feel shameful and self indulgent? Listen to find out:
Why self care isn't what you think it is
The important difference between what you want and what you need
Why real self care takes courage and discipline
How to avoid turning into a selfish a**hole
"What you want isn't necessarily what you need. And what you need isn't necessarily what you want."
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To download the free worksheet or join our secret Facebook community, go to www.happinesshacks.net.
Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes. Thank you for listening!