Did you know that you can become happier?

Despite what you may think and despite what you may be genetically predisposed to ( ‘your happiness set point’), Sonia Lyubormirsky in the ‘How of Happiness’  reassures us that,  “the heritability of happiness’, as I’ve heard her refer to it by, is only 50% . Through her pioneering research Sonja Lyubormirsky, Ph.D. professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside shares with us that of the remaining 50% that does not include our happiness set point,  10% of our happiness is affected by life circumstances (marital status, job, health, finances) and 40% is the amount we can work with to increase our happiness level.  This is the good news.  40% Sonja Lyubomirsky says is the “40 percent solution”,  the amount we can work with through intentional activities to boost and increase our happiness level. So in fact the capacity to feel better is within our reach and is an important responsibility for us all, which Sonja refers to as “happiness work”. She says in her book “Pursuing happiness takes work, but consider that this “happiness work” will be the most rewarding work you ever do”. She also shares that happiness is “realizable and one of the most vital things you can do for yourself and those around you”.

Tune in to hear my conversation with Sonja Lyubormisky on Wednesday February 17th at 4pm ET and find out:

• The 12 evidence -based  happiness strategies she suggests we participate in to increase our happiness
• What determines our level of happiness
• Why we should care so much about being happier
• Happiness myths- what REALLY makes us happy

You will be glad you joined us. And I will be too!

Listen live and to the archived show here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/heart-beat.

Other shows that relate to the field of Positive Psychology can be listened to here and  include my conversation with Barb L. Fredrickson, Ph.D. author of Positivity, Dacher Keltner, author of Born to be Good and Robyn McKay, Ph.d Creativity Researcher and Positive Psychologist. All can be found and listened to here

Thank you for tuning in and enjoy! Always feel free to share your comments and questions with me. I love hearing from you and knowing how I can make the shows speak directly to you.