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Michelle Gielan - Broadcasting Happiness • Seeing Stress As A Challenge • Social Support = Happier You

Episode 154

Michelle Gielan is a national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher and the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. She is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michelle is an Executive Producer of "The Happiness Advantage" Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah's Happiness course. Her research and advice have received attention from The New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, Fox, and Harvard Business Review.

In this episode, we discuss:

How Michelle saw another light and left her job as a news anchor at CBS
Her biggest takeaway from working at CBS
Why are people so drawn to negative news?
Negative news in the morning can lead to you having a bad day
Our brains are threat focused
Staying informed but not being prey to negative news
The 21 day positive email challenge
Michelle's morning routine
The upsides of positive news
We are all broadcasters
Overcoming our negativity bias
Fact checking our story
Don't ignore reality... it's about being rationally optimistic
See stress as a challenge instead of a threat
Stress: see it, own it, use it
Social support... the greatest predictor of happiness that exists
It might be time for a strategic retreat
Positive sources of information and being around positive people leads to better health
Power leads: start conversations with something positive and meaningful
Using power leads in emails, too
What is transformative journalism?
Michelle's last broadcast at CBS

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Michelle Gielan - Broadcasting Happiness • Seeing Stress As A Challenge • Social Support = Happier You