Episode 504 - Resilient Optimism with Michelle Gielan

About this episode

' You can continually be choosing optimistic behavior even when you're not feeling optimistic.' Michelle Gielan is a positive psychology researcher married to a happiness researcher - wouldn't you love to be at that dinner table? In her latest book Resilient Optimism: The science of sustaining a positive mindset in tough times , she explores why optimism that lasts when reality hits is not based on an emotion, but on behaviour, and more particularly on the belief that our behaviour matters. She also discovered that your behaviour matters way beyond your own mood and your own outcomes. Becoming a 'positive deviant' - actively expressing optimism, celebrating progress, spreading 'positive…