>> Hello and welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Did you know that when you are
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happy, you are actually
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healthier?
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>> It is true.
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When the Bible says, "A merry
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heart does good like medicine,
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but a broken spirit dries up
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the bones," it supports the
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scientific evidence that white
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blood cells develop in yellow
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bone marrow.
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[RENÉ] This is significant
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because white blood cells are
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probably the most important
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part of your immune system
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because they are a whole
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collection of different cells
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that work together to destroy
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bacteria and viruses.
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>> Solomon was inspired to
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write this verse because it's
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true, a merry heart does do
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good like medicine, but a
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broken spirit dries up
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the bones.
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Science has discovered that
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happiness does equal
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healthiness.
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>> In one study, researchers
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gave volunteers a survey to
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measure their levels of
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happiness.
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[MIKE] And then they injected
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them with, get this, a strain
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of the coronavirus.
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[RENÉ] A week later, the
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individuals who were happier
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before the start of the study
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had fought off the flu virus
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much better than the less happy
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individuals.
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>> They didn't just feel better
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either, they actually had fewer
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abjective symptoms of illness
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as measured by doctors.
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Less sneezing, coughing,
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inflammation, and congestion.
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>> So it's true, happiness is
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good for you.
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Both the Bible and science
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proves this.
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>> So the real question is,
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where do we find this
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happiness?
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>> Today on It Is Written
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Canada, you will meet Bailey
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Müller and other healthcare
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enthusiasts who will share with
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you practical, effective ways
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you can experience more joy and
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happiness in your life.
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>> Welcome again to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Today on our show, we will be
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speaking to our good friend,
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Bailey Müller.
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[RENÉ] Bailey is a personal
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trainer, lifestyle health
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coach, and health enthusiast
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who happens to be in charge of
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our social media at It Is
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Written Canada and our
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health Podcast.
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>> Along with Bailey, other
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healthcare professionals will
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share with you some effective
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ways that you can get more joy
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into your life.
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Bailey, welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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>> It's good to be here.
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>> So take us into the
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research, what does the
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research tell us about the
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health benefits of a person
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feeling happy and joyful?
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>> It's actually super
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interesting 'cause as I was
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looking more into it, there are
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two different directions that
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happiness can take in affecting
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your health.
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It can take a direct route or
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an indirect route.
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And what I mean by that, so,
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for example, the direct route
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would be that happiness
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actually directly impacts your
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cortisol levels.
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So it'll lower it.
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Happiness also will affect your
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sleep, it helps you sleep
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better than the average unhappy
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person and it affects your
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immunity.
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So, like you mentioned at the
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beginning, if you gave someone
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a shot, happier people tended
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to fair three times as good or
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better than the unhappy people
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overall in their recovery.
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And then indirectly, it affects
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your health and promotes
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healthy habits.
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So a healthy person is more
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likely to eat fruits and
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vegetables and we know that a
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healthy diet is healthy and
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they're more likely to
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exercise.
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I think the actual numbers
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were they exercised over ten
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hours a week more than the
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unhappy person which is quite
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substantial and then back to
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unhappy people, just don't
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sleep as well which has a whole
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host of effects.
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So all in all, happiness has a
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all-encompassing approach to
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affecting our health.
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>> And, Bailey, can you tell us
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what the Bible says about the
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health benefits of being joyful
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or happy?
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>> You actually mentioned one
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of the verses that I wanted to
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share already, but I wanna
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share it again, is Proverbs
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17:22, that a merry heart does
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good like a medicine and a
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broken spirit dries the bones
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and science has proven that
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multiple times.
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But other verses that struck me
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were Nehemiah 8:10 that says,
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"The joy of the Lord is my
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strength," and that makes me
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think, well, what is God's joy,
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and I think we will touch on
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that later, but God's joy is
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our strength.
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And then in Proverbs 12, it
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also says that anxiety of the
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heart causes depression, but a
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good word makes it glad.
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And that just spoke to me so
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much because when we are
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depressed, we need a good word,
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that good word can come from a
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friend, it can come from
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family, and it can come from
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God's word which is The Good
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Word and that will make us
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happy which, as we already
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know, happiness leads to
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health.
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>> So if you say, "Okay, I want
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to be happy," can I make myself
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happy by choosing to be happy?
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>> Oh, that's a really good
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question.
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I know that that's been a
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question that a lot of
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researchers have been trying to
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figure out, too, like, what
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constitutes happiness?
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Can we actually be happy just
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by choosing it?
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There was a lady, a professor,
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from the University of Toronto
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named Brett Ford and she had
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discovered that the Easterners,
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the answer was yes, so that
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would be the Chinese and the
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Filipinos and counter-- and of
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the like, and the Westerners
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which is us Canadians and our
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American friends in this area,
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the answer was no, they
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couldn't make themselves happy.
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And so this baffled her a
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little bit and she wanted to
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get to the root of it, like,
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why is this the case, why can
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Easterners make themselves
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happy, so to speak, and
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Westerners can't?
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So she conducted a study and
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had the two various groups and
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showed them a picture and this
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first picture was a crowd of
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people and a leader standing at
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the front and the Westerners
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described the strength in the
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leadership and the abilities of
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that leader and the Easterners,
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when they looked at the
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picture, they described the
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strength and the unity
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of the group.
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And she was like, "Wow, that's
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so interesting," so she showed
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them another picture and in
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this picture there's a whole
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bunch of sad faces and one
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smiling face.
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The question was, is this
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person happy?
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And the Westerners were like,
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"Of course, of course that face
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is happy, it's smiling, that
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means, you know, smile means
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happy," and the Easterners
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said, "There's no way that man
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can be happy because everyone
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else is sad so they would make
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this person sad, it must be
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they're just putting on a show."
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And these responses that she
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was getting in just blew her
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away and she realized that us
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in the West tend to have this
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mindset of "It's all about me,"
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whereas in the East, it's all
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about us, it's the collective,
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it's the group, it's the unity.
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And I believe that this follows
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Jesus's example.
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When He was on earth, the Son
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of Man did not come to be
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served, but to serve and I
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believe that encompasses the
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verse I shared earlier,
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Nehemiah 8:10 that says, "The
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joy of the Lord is your
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strength," this is Jesus's joy
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is serving others and when we
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adopt that as our joy, it's
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only then that we'll experience
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true happiness, it's not going
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to be, "I wanna be happy so I'm
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going to do this and this and
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buy this and this and then I'll
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be happy," it's never fruitful.
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>> So let's talk about
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gratitude and expressions of
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gratitude, does that affect
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your health and your happiness?
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>> This-- so when I was in
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working at an academy out in
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British Columbia, I came across
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this verse that said, "The
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works of the Lord establish
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your thoughts," something along
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that line, and I was so
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intrigued, I'm like, "But I
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thought it's your thoughts that
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then affect your works," but it
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was worded the other way so I'm
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like, "Okay, so that means we
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can do something that'll affect
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our thinking."
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So I wanted to conduct an
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experiment and working at a
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high school I could do that, I
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had lots of people that I could
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reach out to to be my
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participants and I put it out
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there for them to sign up.
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Had lots of people sign up, so
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I split them into groups and
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one of the groups that I put
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them into was writing three
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things you're thankful for
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every day, why you were
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thankful for them, and how you
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would picture life if you
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didn't have those things.
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And then there were two other
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groups, one was speaking
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positively and the other was
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writing a thank you note to
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someone every single day.
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So at the beginning of this
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experiment, very unprofessional
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experiment that I conducted, I
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had everyone do a survey at the
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beginning and it was just a
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personal inventory of your
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happiness score so there was
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nothing scientific about it,
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it's just perceived.
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They took the test and then
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they were on this one-month
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plan that I had for them where
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they had to do this task
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every day.
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And I'll cut to the chase, at
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the end there was-- or halfway
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through there was a student
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that came to me and she's like,
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"This isn't working, it's not,
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like, I don't understand what
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you're making me do, but this
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sucks," I'm like, "Okay, well,
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can you show me--" she was in
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the gratitude group, "Can you
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show me your journal?"
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So she brought it to me and she
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set it in front of me and I
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noticed that she had three
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lines of things she was
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thankful for and pages of
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things that were going wrong
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and that she hated and that
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were annoying her or stressing
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her out.
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I'm like, "Okay, I know I said
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only three things you were
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thankful for, but I also want
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you to try to exclude some of
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these negative pages you have
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here, try to just keep it
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positive," and so she continued
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the next two weeks and at the
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end, she came to me, she's
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like, "I don't know what you
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did to me, but I feel so good!"
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[laughter]
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She's like, "I got free
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labour," which is, she was late
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enough to enough appointments
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that she had some disciplinary
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action so she had to do
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something and she was singing
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on the way to go do this task
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and she's like, "I don't know!
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I don't sing when I have to do,
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like, bad things!" and she's
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like, "But it's so different!"
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And she took her test again at
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the end and her scores were the
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highest out of, I mean, out of
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any group.
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All of the groups got better,
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but hers was exponential and
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that just showed me, like, yes,
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there are things that you can
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do, especially gratitude and
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keeping track of it, writing it
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down actually does make a
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difference because your
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thoughts are kind of elusive,
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they're not very concrete so
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when you write down the things
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you're thankful for every day
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so faithfully, it opens your
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eyes to how good God is.
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>> There's a new field in
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science emerging call the
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"science of gratitude," in
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fact, a book was written by a
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Brendan Kelly called The
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Science of Happiness and it
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shows that when we are actually
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grateful and when we have this
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thankful spirit, it actually is
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contagious.
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What we also found is that in
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the science of gratitude, it
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actually has a synchronized
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activation of some regions of
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the brain where it lights up
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certain parts of the structures
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of our brain.
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Part of that actually has to do
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with helping stimulate the
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brain to release serotonin and
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dopamine which are part of the
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pleasure pathways of the brain.
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So it's amazing what gratitude
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can do, thankfulness can
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actually light up that part of
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the brain and actually promote
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our wellness and well-being
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overall.
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So I really believe that it's
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important that we take some
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time every day to find at least
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one thing, if not more, to be
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thankful for.
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If we start our day on the note
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of thankfulness or gratitude,
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no matter what happens to us
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during the day, we have a
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reference point that we can go
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back to.
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The Bible says that the joy of
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the Lord is our strength and
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there's one more verse that I
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like also, Psalm 30, verse 5
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that tells us that weeping may
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endure for the night, but joy
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comes in the morning.
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So every new morning we can
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experience joy and happiness
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and find something to be
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thankful for.
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Let's move from just
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thanksgiving to what I like to
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call, "thanks-living."
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>> Hi, I'm Arlete Susana and
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this is my sister-in-law.
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>> Hi, I'm Cathy.
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Mood and food really go
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together and they affect each
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other, right?
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And there's something about
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enjoying a meal with family and
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friends.
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But when it comes to dessert,
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that's a whole different level.
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It really creates joy in people.
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>> But the wrong types of
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desserts can really create
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problems in the long run,
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especially desserts that are
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made with refined sugars,
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unbleached flour...
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So today we're going to show
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you a no-bake-- they're
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actually called "donut holes"
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so they're kind of like Tim
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Bits, but a healthy version
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using natural sweeteners.
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So let's get to it.
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>> So right here we have
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already dates that have been
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processed, there's a cup of
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dates here.
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[ARLETE] And then we also have
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a cup of raw cashews.
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You can use raw walnuts as well
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or a combination of the two.
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[CATHY] We have here almond
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flour and that's 3/4 cup almond
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flour here and 1/3 of a cup
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coconut flour.
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[ARLETE] That's right.
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And for your wet ingredients,
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we have 4 tablespoons of lemon
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juice which is pretty much the
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juice of a full lemon as well
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as the zest of that lemon,
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should add up to about a
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tablespoon of lemon zest.
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Then we have 2 and 1/2
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tablespoons of chia seeds and
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then 2 teaspoons of beautiful,
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natural vanilla.
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We're gonna go ahead and add
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the cashews.
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>> Okay.
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>> As well as the--
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both flours.
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So you have your coconut flour
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and your almond flour and then
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you process that, pulsing it,
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for about 20 to 30 seconds
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until you get a fine meal.
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[blender whirring]
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>> Just what-- yeah, just a
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little bit more...
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...just to make sure.
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Let's check.
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>> We don't want it to get it
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into a butter, just process it
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so that it's a nice meal.
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Let's try it with a spatula.
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>> Yeah, check
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underneath if it's...
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>> Yep, it's perfect.
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So you want the consistency of
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a fine meal, almost like a
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flour so that your cashews are
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blended in and what we're gonna
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do is we're gonna add the
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processed dates back into it
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and then add our wet
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ingredients.
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So we're gonna go ahead and add
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the 4 tablespoons of lemon
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juice as we mentioned, just add
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it all together, zest...
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Actually, let me borrow that,
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that would be helpful.
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[CATHY] Absolutely.
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[ARLETE] Thank you.
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And so we have the lemon zest,
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it smells so fresh.
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>> Yeah.
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>> And then the chia seeds...
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...and the vanilla.
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[blender whirring]
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>> Okay, let's see how
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this looks.
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>> And it looks like this.
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I don't know if you can see it
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very well, but it's a nice
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thick...
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...cakey mixture, even though
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it's not baked.
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And that's the texture that the
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ground almond flour and coconut
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flour will give you.
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And we're going to scoop our
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mixture, our dough mixture,
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into Tim-Bit-sized-- shape it
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into a nice little ball.
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You roll it into a ball.
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>> It's a lot easier with
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the hands.
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>> Until you have something
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like that.
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>> Okay, now we've brought our
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donut holes from the freezer,
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they're set, and now they're
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ready for our glaze.
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[ARLETE] To make the glaze,
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it's quite simple, we're using
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4 tablespoons of coconut oil
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that's been melted, you can
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melt it just in some warm
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water, and...
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>> Should I put it in?
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>> Yeah, you can put it in.
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A tablespoon of maple syrup, a
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tablespoon of lemon juice, and
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about a teaspoon of lemon zest,
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just to give it that nice
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fresh flavour.
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You stir it in nicely and what
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we're gonna do is we're
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basically going to take each
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donut hole, dip it into the
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glaze, and set it back on the
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baking tray.
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And you're gonna repeat this
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process with each of the donut
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holes until they're all coated
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and we're gonna put them back
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in the freezer to set for
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another ten minutes or so,
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until they're nicely set.
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Now, just as a note, you can
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eat the donut holes as is
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without glaze, you can add
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them-- you can eat them with
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one coat of glaze, or you can
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just keep repeating the glazing
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and setting between steps until
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the glaze is done, depending on
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how much of that coating that
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you would like on them, but no
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matter how many times you put
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it, you're still going to be
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enjoying a lovely, guilt-free,
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naturally sweetened dessert
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that's no-bake and that you can
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enjoy with your breakfast or
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even as a dessert.
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Well, we hope you've enjoyed
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learning how to make these
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easy, tasty, guilt-free
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desserts.
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>> Try it at home and share.
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>> Enjoy!
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>> Mm, that raw dessert really
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looks delicious.
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So, Bailey, can you tell us
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what kind of food brings joy to
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your life?
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>> Oh...
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I have some guilty pleasures.
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I mean, when I-- when you first
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asked that question, what came
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to mind is, like, chocolate,
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dried mango, I have a really
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sweet spot for dried mango.
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But when I was actually looking
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into it, so sugar is generally
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what we turn to, sugar or
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carbs, that's what our idea of,
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you know, a happy treat would
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be, but science actually shows
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something different.
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They did a study with 14
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different varieties of fruits
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and vegetables and sweets as
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well and it came out that
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vegetables actually give you
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the highest happiness boost
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which is shocking to me because
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people think of broccoli and
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they're like, that's the last
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thing they want on their plate,
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right?
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But it's the most long-lasting.
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Sugar and these sweet things
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that we love so much, they give
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you, like, and in-the-moment
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boost and then it quickly
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fades, leaving you less
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happy later.
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But vegetables and fruits as
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well, when they're incorporated
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in a healthy diet and chosen
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well, reap benefits for
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years even.
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>> So you said earlier that
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serving others is actually a
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way in which I can choose to be
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happy by serving someone else.
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So what about volunteering?
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How do people, how do their
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levels of happiness affected by
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volunteering?
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[BAILEY] Initially, you may
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have this dread [laughs] like,
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"I have so much to do, it's the
00:19:44.48\00:19:45.98
last thing on my plate, like, I
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have this and this, and the
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house and--" but when you do
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go, not only do you feel better
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afterward because you've helped
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people, you've had some social
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engagement, you've moved, you
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got out of-- off the couch and
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out of your desk chair.
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There's actually a Harvard
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study and this just blew me
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away, there's a Harvard study
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that said that volunteering
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once a week creates the same
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happiness level equivalent to
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doubling your annual salary.
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That's just insane!
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Like, if you make $50,000 a
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year, you're now making
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$100,000 a year and if your
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boss told you that tomorrow, I
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guarantee you'd have a big
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smile on your face.
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But, unfortunately, that's not
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something we can control, but
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volunteering is something we
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can control and not only does
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it make us happy, it benefits
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and makes other people happy,
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too, so it's all around one of
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the best things you can do.
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>> So, Bailey, what about
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people who express a faith,
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they express some kind of
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religion or spirituality, are
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they happier than people who
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don't and if so, why?
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>> Yeah, what comes to mind is,
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what is expression?
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Is it a verbal expression,
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like, "I go to church," is that
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what we're referring to or is
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it an expression of prayer, is
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it an expression of singing,
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because all of these things
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have benefits on your happiness
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and on your joy and on your
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health, but also the active
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things that people of faith do,
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like volunteering, like
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following Jesus' example and
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serving others, all of these
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things have a very positive
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benefit to your overall
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happiness and to your health.
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>> Final question: can you give
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us some practical strategies of
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how people can experience more
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joy in their lives?
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>> Yeah, as I mentioned, I have
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about six that-- takeaways that
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people can have.
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The first one would be
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gratitude.
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We just need to be more
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thankful, we need to express
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it, we need to write it down,
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we need to share it however,
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whatever method works best,
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whether it's writing three
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things or writing a thank you
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letter to someone every single
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day or once a week, however you
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wanna do it, but that expression
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of gratitude will make a huge
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difference in your happiness.
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I can't go way for the second
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one without mentioning
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exercise.
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As a personal trainer, I feel
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it is my duty to let you know
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that exercise will affect your
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happiness.
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It makes you more energetic, it
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makes you more positive, it
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affects your sleep which is
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all-encompassing, so getting
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outside.
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The third one would be nature,
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getting outside.
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I know we live such
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stress-filled, busy lives and,
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you know, as I was preparing
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for this and my work and I'm
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planning a wedding, all of
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these things have kept me
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inside on my computer, like,
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night and day.
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But I know for myself, when I
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can disconnect and get outside
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and even just sit under a tree,
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it doesn't have to even be
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exercising, but just being in
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nature, hearing the birds
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singing, closing my eyes and
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just letting go of the stresses
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that have been, you know,
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rattling around in my brain, it
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makes a huge difference.
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Number four would be social
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connections.
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So just like volunteering
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offers, getting out and being
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with people.
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Serving specifically makes an
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even greater impact, but just
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meet new people, they'll
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challenge you in different
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ways, they'll grow you, they
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will-- they'll make you laugh
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which in and of itself is a
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really huge blessing.
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And the fifth one would be
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spending time with God.
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Faith, you can't be happy
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without faith.
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The Bible says that, "Happy are
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those whose God is the Lord,"
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and so I know for myself having
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the Lord in my life has
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dramatically changed who I am
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as a person.
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I can handle the stresses that
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come to me every day and when
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I'm faced with a big issue or a
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big life event that comes my
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way, I can say, "God, Thy will
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be done."
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And that's not a dismissive
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thing, it's not like, "Okay,
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God, just do what You want,"
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it's like, "God, I trust You
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and I'm leaving this in Your
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hands and whatever the
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outcome's gonna be, I know I'll
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be happy because You say You
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give good things to those who
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love and trust You and I love
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and trust You and I know You'll
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give me whatever is best."
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So it's a peaceful resignation
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that my faith gives me.
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And for our last, number six
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is smiling.
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And I remember I was working in
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the office one day with René
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and she asked me for a health
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nugget for our news letter and
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then we got talking about life
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and I sent her the health
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nugget and the health nugget
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gave directions to go and smile
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and she was having a stressful
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day and so she literally was
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like, "Okay, I'm gonna go do it
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right now!" and so she went to
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the bathroom, she said what it,
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you know, what it was supposed
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to do and she came back, she's
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like, "I feel better!" [laughs]
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And in my mind, I'm like, "Oh,
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that was the health nugget, but
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I'm glad it works for you!"
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So the smiling health nugget
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that we shared on the news
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letter that is so important is
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your brain doesn't actually
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know the difference between
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just the facial muscles making
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a smile or actually smiling
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genuinely and so if you go into
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a bathroom and shut the door
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and you smile in front of the
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mirror, your brain registers
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that as being happy because the
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muscles tell your brain, "Oh,
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she's happy," and it'll release
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all of these happy chemicals in
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your body.
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So I'm really glad it worked
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for René, I know it'll work for
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everyone else, too, just simply
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smiling and even if you have to
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force it, you'll either look at
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yourself and think, you know,
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"Oh, this is stupid," or you'll
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look at yourself and laugh at
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yourself because you look
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funny, so...
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>> And that's what happened, it
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was the second one, right, I
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remember going into the
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bathroom, closing the door and
00:26:04.69\00:26:05.66
just smiling and I was like,
00:26:05.66\00:26:07.66
"Oh no, this looks so
00:26:07.66\00:26:08.60
ridiculous!" and then I just
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burst out laughing and so I
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felt so much better afterwards
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so...
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So, Bailey, unfortunately, we
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have come to the end of our
00:26:16.81\00:26:19.14
time with you, but before I let
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you go, I wonder if you could
00:26:22.18\00:26:23.75
please pray for our viewers,
00:26:23.75\00:26:25.61
that they could experience more
00:26:25.61\00:26:27.42
joy in their lives.
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>> I'd be happy to.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Lord Jesus, we are so
00:26:32.52\00:26:35.19
privileged to have such an
00:26:35.19\00:26:36.99
awesome God who blesses us
00:26:36.99\00:26:39.63
bountifully every single day
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and, Lord, I know sometimes we
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get bogged down with life and
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.37
stress and all these other
00:26:44.37\00:26:47.10
things that are going on in the
00:26:47.10\00:26:48.27
world, but, Lord, help us to
00:26:48.27\00:26:49.87
remember to be grateful, help
00:26:49.87\00:26:52.34
us to remember Your mission and
00:26:52.34\00:26:53.98
purpose on this earth, to seek
00:26:53.98\00:26:56.48
and serve and save those that
00:26:56.48\00:26:57.95
were lost and, Lord, may we
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.61
have that same mission
00:26:59.61\00:27:01.02
ourselves.
00:27:01.02\00:27:02.02
We love You so much and we are
00:27:02.02\00:27:04.15
so grateful for this
00:27:04.15\00:27:05.65
opportunity to come before You.
00:27:05.65\00:27:07.42
In Your name we pray all of
00:27:07.42\00:27:08.96
these things, amen.
00:27:08.96\00:27:10.46
[MIKE & RENÉ] Amen!
00:27:10.46\00:27:11.39
>> Thank you very much, Bailey,
00:27:11.39\00:27:12.73
for coming and sharing these
00:27:12.73\00:27:14.86
thoughts on how we can be more
00:27:14.86\00:27:16.90
happy and joyful and how that
00:27:16.90\00:27:18.80
affects our health here on It
00:27:18.80\00:27:20.00
Is Written Canada.
00:27:20.00\00:27:21.07
>> My pleasure, thank you.
00:27:21.07\00:27:22.44
>> Friends, if you wanna get
00:27:25.37\00:27:26.94
more joy in your life, we have
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>> So you fill in the blank.
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confidence, peace, freedom,
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hope, rest, relaxation, you
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name it.
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This little book can help you
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find what you are searching for.
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>> Friends, if you want more
00:27:53.07\00:27:54.70
joy in your life, we would like
00:27:54.70\00:27:56.74
to recommend you to turn
00:27:56.74\00:27:58.51
to God.
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[MIKE] Open the Bible where it
00:27:59.91\00:28:02.54
is recorded that Jesus found
00:28:02.54\00:28:04.55
His joy in the word of His
00:28:04.55\00:28:07.02
Father when He declared...
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>> A strategy that I would
00:28:19.53\00:28:20.40
suggest for someone to get more
00:28:20.40\00:28:21.96
joy in their life is exercise.
00:28:21.96\00:28:24.47
Exercise increases dopamine
00:28:25.33\00:28:26.87
levels, serotonin levels...
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This is why individuals who are
00:28:29.04\00:28:30.41
depressed, they find benefit
00:28:30.41\00:28:32.31
when they exercise.
00:28:32.31\00:28:33.17
In fact, studies show that
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.21
exercise and antidepressants
00:28:34.21\00:28:36.48
might actually work almost
00:28:36.48\00:28:37.68
equally as effective.
00:28:37.68\00:28:39.11
So exercise is really important
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.58
for stimulating, bringing joy.
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There's obviously a lot of
00:28:44.02\00:28:44.95
factors, but exercise is
00:28:44.95\00:28:46.45
definitely scientifically
00:28:46.45\00:28:47.72
proven to really enhance joy
00:28:47.72\00:28:51.06
and so I wanna encourage people
00:28:51.06\00:28:52.49
to really tap into the benefits
00:28:52.49\00:28:54.50
of exercise.
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