If you're someone who's been searching for happiness and not quite finding it, Dr. Gillian has the answers. We spend our whole lives chasing happiness through that big promotion, the relationship, the bigger paycheck, and somehow it's still never enough. In this episode of Boss Unscripted, Zaib sits down with Dr. Gillian Mandich, one of North America's top happiness researchers and founder of the International Happiness Institute, to bust the biggest myths about happiness and why "just be happy" might be the worst advice anyone's ever given you.
Dr. Gillian breaks down the path to happiness with practical tools, shares why bottling up your emotions is never a good idea and answers the age-old question: can money actually buy happiness? If you've ever wondered why happiness feels just out of reach no matter what you do, and how to find true happiness, then this episode is for you.
In this episode, you'll learn:
● Why happiness is a skill you train, not a destination you arrive at, and the third of it that is actually in your control
● The "micro moments" theory: how small, repeated acts build a happiness muscle the same way reps in the gym build strength
● Why forcing yourself to be happy backfires, and the research linking emotional suppression to all-cause mortality and cancer-related deaths
● How grief and joy can coexist, and why allowing micro moments of lightness in hard seasons builds resilience, not betrayal
● The truth about money and happiness: when it buys time and shared experiences it works, when it buys things it doesn't
● Why social connection is the number one predictor of long-term health, outranking income, age, and education
Connect
● Zaib Shadani on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaibshadani
● Zaib Shadani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaib_shadani/
● Dr. Gillian Mandich website: https://www.gillianmandich.com
● Dr. Gillian Mandich on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drgillianmandich/
● Dr. Gillian Mandich on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillianmandich/
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