Embracing Sadness in the Pursuit of Happiness

We react to sadness in a variety of unhelpful ways. We try to
suppress it. We experience guilt over it and apologise to the
people around us for feeling it. We assume it means we've failed.
We even fear it.


But sadness will touch us all - and to be happier and more
resilient we need to accept the emotion and work with it to make
our lives better. Journalist Helen Russell (author of How to be
Sad: Everything I've Learned About Getting Happier by Being Sad
Better.) joins Dr Laurie Santos to explain why our view of
sadness needs to be rehabilitated.





You can purchase her book, How To Be Sad at -
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/how-to-be-sad-helen-russell?variant=33051661762594
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