Guest– Dr. Deepika Chopra
Ep. 151: The Optimism Doctor Is In: Dr. Deepika Chopra on The Power of Real Optimism
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Real Optimism
05:00 Building the Optimism Muscle
09:40 Writing Through Personal Adversity
21:15 Happiness Versus Optimism
29:55 Cognitive Flexibility and Scenarios
41:35 The “Ta-Da List” and Conclusion
Dr. Deepika Chopra, known as the Optimism Doctor, makes a surprising admission: she isn’t a natural optimist. In this conversation, she explains why optimism is a learned skill and not a fixed trait, how it differs from happiness, and why real optimists see setbacks clearly rather than wishing them away. She also shares how she put her own tools to the test while writing The Power of Real Optimism during her young son’s serious illness. Plus, a worst-case-scenario exercise for anxious minds, and why you should end each day, not with a to-do list, but with a “ta-da list.”
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