How to be happy when the world makes you depressed (Reissue)

About this episode

Dr. Ellen Hendriksen shares four tips for maintaining happiness in a world filled with distressing news.

228. Hold on to your handbasket! Every day, the headlines push our buttons of alarm, despair, and fury all at once. What’s a thinking, feeling human to do, besides invest in a Hunger Games-style bow and arrow? This week, in an episode that originally ran in January 2019, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 4 tips to be happy in a world that can feel like a Mad Max chase through the headlines. As true today as the day this episode first dropped! Find a transcript here. Find Dr. Ellen Hendriksen on Substack . Have a mental health question? Email us at psychologist@quickanddirtytips.com Find Savvy Psychologist on Facebook and Twitter , or subscribe to the newsletter for more psychology tips. Savvy Psychologist is a part of Quick and Dirty Tips. Links: https://quickanddirtytips.com/savvy-psychologist https://www.facebook.com/savvypsychologist https://twitter.com/qdtsavvypsych Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ellen Hendriksen

Topics covered

• happiness
• mental health
• depression
• self-improvement
• psychology

Keywords

• happiness
• mental health
• depression
• self-improvement
• psychology tips
• current events
• emotional well-being

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Organizations: QuickAndDirtyTips.com, Savvy Psychologist, Substack, Facebook, Twitter

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