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Rewiring the brain for happiness is a process that involves consistently practicing positive thoughts, actions, and behaviors over a period of time. Based on neuroplasticity research, it's been shown that by engaging in these positive practices for about 22 to 66 days, the brain begins to rewire itself to do them more automatically and effortlessly. This can lead to a newfound sense of happiness and even enjoyment. In this process, you're essentially changing and reprogramming the pathways in your brain to favor positive emotions and thoughts. This might involve practices such as gratitude journaling, mindfulness meditation, or engaging in activities that bring joy and fulfillment. By consistently engaging in these practices, you can build new neural pathways that support a more positive and optimistic mindset. It's important to note that this is not a quick fix, but rather a gradual and ongoing process. As you continue to rewire your brain for happiness, you may find that your outlook on life and your ability to experience joy and contentment improves over time.

CHOOSING HAPPINESS WITH ROBERT MACK

So you're not gonna turn it around overnight or even in a week or even a month . Um We do know , but based on neuroplasticity research that if you can do something consistently for about 22 to 66 days , you begin to rewire the brain to do it much more automatically and effortlessly and hopefully even Enjoyably . Um But it takes time and it's really hard .

CHOOSING HAPPINESS WITH ROBERT MACK

And so that was the first challenge is that I didn't really know what direction to actually look . But even when I started finding things that I thought might work or might be helpful , I just had a whole lot of difficulty applying them consistently because you are , like you said , literally rewire your brain . You know , you've been practicing something for decades at that point .

CHOOSING HAPPINESS WITH ROBERT MACK

But when does that kind of model from disconnection of what you went through to suddenly studying , get into the brain ? So you can rewire that because a lot of people from an external , what you went through , what I went through with my struggles to get to a newfound place of happiness takes a lot of bloody work so much , Glenn so much . I mean , honestly , it , and I felt like I was recreating the will because there wasn't like a curriculum in place at the time .

CHOOSING HAPPINESS WITH ROBERT MACK

So it's really this study in science , an empirical study in science of what makes life worth living . Uh You can call it the science of happiness . It sort of goes beyond that .

CHOOSING HAPPINESS WITH ROBERT MACK

Um But it's also about the relationship between happiness and success . So lots of us have ideas about what leads to happiness . Um and , or success and most of those ideas um tend to be erroneous or flawed .