A happiness expert explains how to alter your ego, reduce self-consciousness, and boost “okayness”.    <a href="https://brucehood.com/">Bruce Hood</a> has been a Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at Bristol University since 1999, and for the past 5 years he has been concentrating on how to make students happier. He undertook his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Cambridge followed by appointments at University College London, MIT and a faculty professorship at Harvard.    In this episode we talk about: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How to define happiness</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How to be happy in the midst of a shitshow</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How to shift from being egocentric (self-focused) to allocentric (interconnected) </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The impacts of social isolation (and how to avoid it)</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The challenge of optimism (and how to overcome it)</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Finding a “flow state” through meditation</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"> How to enhance your social connections</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Where “true, authentic happiness” comes from</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Controlling attention and rejecting negative comparisons </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The role of nature</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">And much more</li> </ul> Join Dan’s online community <a href= "http://www.danharris.com/">here</a> Follow Dan on social: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5">Instagram</a>, <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FOA84J">TikTok</a> Subscribe to our <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD">YouTube Channel</a> Additional Resources:  <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <a href= "https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Science-of-Happiness/Bruce-Hood/9781398526372"> The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well</a> </li> </ul>   To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit <a href= "https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris">https://advertising.libsyn.com/10HappierwithDanHarris</a>.

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