We're constantly being told and sold new ways to make ourselves feel happy, but as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on it is much easier said than done as we continue experience a range of complex emotions.

So how can we feel happy when it seems like everything is still crappy?

The Quicky speaks to an expert who has spent their career researching what it means to be happy about how we can really feel better amid the current health crisis, and why leaning in to other less pleasant feelings rather than trying to avoid them might help.

CREDITS 

Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Guest:

Professor Brock Bastian - Social Psychologist and happiness expert based in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne whose research focuses on ethics and well-being, pain, happiness, and morality.

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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

We're constantly being told and sold new ways to make ourselves feel happy, but as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on it is much easier said than done as we continue experience a range of complex emotions.
So how can we feel happy when it seems like everything is still crappy?
The Quicky&nbsp;speaks to an expert who has spent their career researching what it means to be happy about how we can really feel better amid the current health crisis, and why leaning in to other less pleasant feelings rather than trying to avoid them might help.
CREDITS&nbsp;
Host/Producer: Claire Murphy
Executive Producer:&nbsp;Siobh&aacute;n Moran-McFarlane
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
Guest:
Professor Brock Bastian - Social Psychologist and <a href="http://www.brockbastian.com/">happiness expert</a> based in the School of Psychological Sciences at the <a href="https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/11111-brock-bastian">University of Melbourne</a> whose research focuses on ethics and well-being, pain, happiness, and morality.
Subscribe to The Quicky at...<a href="https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/"> https://mamamia.com.au/the-quicky/</a>
CONTACT US
Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:thequicky@mamamia.com.au">thequicky@mamamia.com.au</a>
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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The Quicky is Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then dives deeper on one topic you want to know more about. It’s a show that helps you cut through the noise and tells you exactly what you need to know today.

It’s what women are talking about today. Interesting stories. Intelligent conversation. Minus the shock and horror. 

The Quicky is Mamamia's daily podcast that gets you up to speed on the top stories, then dives deeper on one topic you want to know more about. It&rsquo;s a show that helps you cut through the noise and tells you exactly what you need to know today.
It&rsquo;s what women are talking about today. Interesting stories. Intelligent conversation. Minus the shock and horror.&nbsp;

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