The Viral Happiness Practice That Transforms Your Wellbeing (It's Sympathetic Joy!) [9]

Joy Lab | strengthen your mental health with the science of joy · Dec 1, 2021 · 1m

The element for this episode is sympathetic joy, which is the practice of delighting in other people's happiness. But it's easier said than done—especially when we feel others' accomplishments are unfairly earned or they receive something we want for ourselves. How do we overcome these negative responses? The biggest obstacle to overcome is the belief that we are fundamentally separate from each other; that our happiness is not dependent on others. Tune in to this episode as we talk about how deeply interconnected the world is and how the path to our own happiness may in fact be tied to the…