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We all want to be happier but how do we achieve it? And do we even recognise what makes us happy? With an overwhelming rise in mental health issues ‘Happiness, A Sceptics Guide’ seeks to address a vital issue: understanding and improving your wellbeing. Join your hosts, serial self-help-abuser and professional sceptic Paul Flower and psychologist and author Dr Gary Wood on an epic quest, to navigate the vagaries of the world of wellness, in pursuit of happiness and how to hold on to it. In fortnightly short bursts, ‘Happiness, A Sceptics Guide‘ aims to sift the ‘science from the snake-oil‘ and sort the breakthroughs from the fake news to find out what works, what doesn‘t and what‘s just hype. Is happiness about the journey or the destination? Is it about the good life or finding meaning in life? What are the short-cuts and hacks? And should it really have taken a pandemic to get these two to work together? ‘Happiness, A Sceptics‘ guide aims to inform, entertain and bring you happiness whatever your objections!
Hey! You made it!
Welcome to Happiness, a Sceptics Guide a periodic peak into the world of wellbeing and the vagaries of self-help. In this podcast, we seek 'to sift the science from the snake-oil' to help you find the things that actually work, and make you happier.
Join your hosts, professional sceptic and self-help-abuser Paul Flower and Chartered Psychologist and author Dr Gary Wood for fortnightly short bursts of happiness that aim to be informative and fun, and give you ideas to take away to try out in between.
We're really looking forward to seeing where this journey takes us and glad you could join us
And remember, this podcast aims to bring you happiness, whatever your objections.
About Your Hosts
Paul Flower is a persistent worrier and amateur marketing person with a long history of promoting concerts and other events. He has worked for all the major commercial radio groups (mostly backstage) and the BBC. He can be pacified with craft ale and an indecent rhubarb crumble.
Dr Gary Wood is a Chartered Psychologist, solution-focused coach, and author. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has more than 20 years of experience teaching and applying psychology, in universities, for corporate training, and in the media. The one thing guaranteed to make him happy is a well-made coffee and a packet of fig rolls, or a Bakewell tart (not a euphemism).