🎧 Where Optimism Meets Hope with Dr. Deepika Chopra

The third podcast episode

Episode three is here! If you are new to this podcast welcome. If you have been tuning in, thank you. I have really enjoyed learning how the last episode with Lama Rod Owens supported you. If you missed that episode you can tune in here.

This week I am in conversation with Dr. Deepika Chopra, OPTIMISM DOCTOR® and creator of the Things Are Looking Up Deck. She is a mother, researcher, speaker, and all-around interesting human.

I first came across Dr. Deepika’s work when I lived in Los Angeles. We had overlapping friend groups and attended many of the same events, though did not formally meet until this past April when we recorded this conversation. This is one of the first conversations I had for the podcast.

Together we release the idea that optimism requires positivity, and we revise our recipes for joy to include resiliency, curiosity and hope. We also explore why it’s so important to feel the full range of emotions, simple practices for orienting towards optimism, and how awe is an …