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Celebrity Happiness Coach, Robert Mack - That's How You Feel? Podcast EP. 24

So I , I had a hard time with religion for a long time . So I looked into the science and I found out I wasn't alone that like since 1950 we had like 10 times the level of depression . Um you know , this was the early 2000 , so 10 times more depression .

Celebrity Happiness Coach, Robert Mack - That's How You Feel? Podcast EP. 24

And quite frankly , man , it was tough . Like I didn't stop experiencing the suicidal ideation and depression for at least a year or two . I still have it , but it wasn't as intense and as frequent as in the beginning .

Celebrity Happiness Coach, Robert Mack - That's How You Feel? Podcast EP. 24

So I looked into the science and I found out I wasn't alone that like since 1950 we had like 10 times the level of depression . Um you know , this was the early 2000 , so 10 times more depression . Um We had more anxiety , more neurosis , more access wanted access to disorder .

Celebrity Happiness Coach, Robert Mack - That's How You Feel? Podcast EP. 24

But it's not about what you know , it's about what you apply consistently and it's about what you live . It's a lived experience at the end of the day . The one thing we need more of is not people who know about happiness or know about happiness research .

Celebrity Happiness Coach, Robert Mack - That's How You Feel? Podcast EP. 24

Um Go ahead , explain to us a little bit more about what is it is to become a , a happiness coach ? I mean , it is basically spend some time being unhappy a lot of time , a lot , really just marinate in it and , um , get real comfortable in that unhappiness and then let it lead you to a place where you're just sick and tired of being sick and tired and you eventually come around to wanting to be happy just as much as you want to breathe . You know , it's like being your head being held in the water that was like was like for me , man , I'll get to a place where I was like , um I'm gonna live like blissed out , like is tapped and tuned and turned on as humanly possible , truly happy .