Defining Happiness with Psychologist, Author and Speaker Jonah Paquette

Apr 29, 2023

What does it mean to be happy? How do you define happiness? What is the difference between awe and gratitude? How do you stay a New York Knicks fans when they’ve given you decades of disappointment? 

Sonya sat down with clinical psychologist, author and keynote speaker Jonah Paquette to get answers to all of these questions.

Jonah specializes in the science of well-being and emotional fitness. He is the author of four books promoting those topics including Happily Ever After, Awestruck, The Happiness Toolbox and Real Happiness. 

He completed his graduate training at PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium in Palo Alto, California. He worked in the healthcare system at Kaiser Permanente before his newer focus on speaking and training. 

He’s a native New Yorker, but currently resides in California, where he loves to hike, travel and cook.

Key Takeaways:

• The New York Knicks and the New Yorker identity
• How do you define happiness?
• How do you figure out what you need to be happy?
• Making something a daily practice
• The difference between awe and gratitude
• Finding purpose and meaning in life
• Finding your strengths
• The shift to more positive psychology
• The meaning of burnout

Links:

• Learn more about Jonah Paquette
• Check out Jonah's books here
• Listen to Jonah's podcast The Happy Hour
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