In search of small pleasures

Audio 48:30

Genetic variants influence our ability to be happy.

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By: Chantal Lorho Follow

49 mins

"For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness," wrote the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Health crisis, workload, crowded transport… there is no shortage of sources of stress.

What if instead of focusing on the negatives, we look at what's going right?

How do you get negative thoughts out of your mind?

Our guests give you advice on how to finally see the glass half full.  

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Franck Martin

, trainer, professor of communication and management at the

University Claude Bernard Lyon 1

and author of 

La contagion du bonheur

 (Editions Eyrolles)

Saphia Larabi

, publication director at the 

Fabrique Spinoza, the citizen happiness movement.

Musical programming:

The last day of the disco

- Juliette Armanet 

You will be found

- Sam Smith & Summer Walker

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