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Happiness Is a Skill: The 5 Skills to Create It | Declan Edwards
What if happiness isn't something you find, but something you can learn?
In this episode, Dr Ron Ehrlich speaks with happiness researcher and positive psychologist ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, known as “That Happiness Guy”, about why we often chase happiness through success, achievements and external milestones - and why that approach can leave us stuck on the “happiness trap”.
Declan explains five core happiness skills: ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒโ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐โ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ปโ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณโ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. They also explore workplace happiness, gratitude, relationships, societal wellbeing and what we can learn from the Nordic countries.
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Declan Edwards is a happiness researcher, positive psychology practitioner, author, speaker and founder of BU Happiness College. He is known globally as “That Happiness Guy” and has spent more than a decade translating happiness research into practical tools for individuals and workplaces. The script notes his work with organisations including the United Nations, TEDx and Harvard Business Review.
His official website describes him as a leader in positive psychology, keynote and TEDx speaker, author and founder of BU Happiness College.
Official links:
๐โ Declan Edwards – Official Websiteโ [https://declanedwards.com.au]
๐โ BU Happiness Collegeโ [โ https://www.buhappinesscollege.comโ ]
๐ผโ Declan Edwards on LinkedInโ [โ https://www.linkedin.com/in/declan-edwards-bu-happiness-collegeโ ]
๐ธโ Declan Edwards on Instagramโ [โ https://www.instagram.com/declanedwards_buโ ]
๐ต Declan Edwards on TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@that.happiness.guy]