permission to be happy: make light season 4, episode 11

This week I received a request to cover a topic that I can’t believe I haven’t covered before, not once in all the 51 episodes of Make Light. Giyen writes: “If you haven’t done so already, could you please explore the idea of giving yourself permission to be happy, when everything else feels like a dumpster fire? I know I struggle with this.”

What an amazing question. So join me as I share why giving yourself permission to be happy is not just a good thing to, but actually what we might need to do in order to save the world.

In this episode:

• In case you’re interested, here’s the link to the American Bar Association rule that says lawyers must decline to represent a client if they’re mentally impaired.

• And here’s the one that requires lawyers to inform the bar if they know an attorney is impaired but continuing to represent clients.

• Psychologist Shawn Achor’s TEDx talk about the happy secret to better work.

• Filmmaker Hailey Bartholomew’s 365 Grateful project.

• Happiness is contagious.

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