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Can we actually learn to be happier? And if we want a more peaceful world, does that change have to begin within ourselves?
This week on The Fixate & Binge Podcast, Joe welcomes acclaimed filmmaker Barbara Miller, producer and co-director of WISDOM OF HAPPINESS — the extraordinary new documentary offering audiences an intimate encounter with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and his deeply human message of compassion, inner peace, and our shared responsibility for one another.
Barbara takes us behind the making of the film and her remarkable experience working with His Holiness, while exploring the ideas at the heart of WISDOM OF HAPPINESS: Why do we struggle to find happiness? How much of our suffering begins within our own minds? And can changing ourselves ultimately change the world around us?
What follows is an illuminating conversation about filmmaking, compassion, self-reflection, and the difficult—but hopeful—journey toward inner peace.
In a world increasingly defined by division, anxiety, anger, and uncertainty, WISDOM OF HAPPINESS offers something remarkably simple:
Perhaps peace in the world begins with finding peace within ourselves.
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