Why Trying to Feel Happier is Making You Miserable

Most of us believe that happiness is superior to other emotions. But is it? Many of us if given the option would love to feel happy all the time--at least we THINK we would. But are there benefits to negative emotions? And does trying to be happier actually lead to feeling happier? Today on the podcast, we address some of these questions. And I share part of my journey with emotional health and emotion.

This month on the podcast we’re covering how to improve your emotional resilience. Studies show that 50% of expats have depression; this is 3x higher than the general population. The risk of anxiety is twice as high as the general population. Given the high amounts of expats with depression and anxiety—we know that there are some factors related to expat life that are challenging to our emotional health. We’ll be covering a few different topics and tools this month order to help us improve our emotional resilience.

On this episode you'll learn:

• Why trying to avoid negative emotions often causes us MORE negative emotion
• The benefits of negative emotion
• What to do with negative emotions
• How to solve for the problem—not for the negative emotion itself

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