Gillian Mandich is a happiness researcher and is currently completing her PhD at Western University in Health and Rehabilitation Science, specializing in Health Promotion. She is a yoga and Yoga Tune Up® teacher; TV host and Community Producer of “Gillian Mandich: Cooking Adventures”; co-host of Holistic Health Diary Podcast and TV show; guest health host on the Home Shopping Network (HSN); sits on the Advisory Board at Examine.com; is the creator, producer, and host of Health Science Radio on 94.9 CHRW, and writes for numerous print and online media. We dive into topics like, the unlikely path that got Gillian started as a happiness researcher, what the research says about happiness and how it affects the other areas of your life, anxiety, stress, depression, and happiness, Gillian’s favorite happiness strategy through all her years of practice and research, the correlation between gratitude and happiness, creating an environment that reduces barriers to reaching your goals, the distinction between “health care” and “sick care”, the practice side of happiness, things you can do to get back up when you are faced with challenges, how happiness and sadness are completely different constructs, how happiness looks different for each one of us, and so much more...
