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EPISODE · Nov 24, 2020 · 6 MIN

The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking, written and read by Oliver Burkeman

from Audiobook Reviews in Five Minutes · host Janna Stam

“The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.” ― Oliver Burkeman,The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive listen / read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death.Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliverburkemanGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721709-the-antidoteAudio production by Graham StephensonEpisode music: Caprese by Blue Dot Sessions

“The effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable.” ― Oliver Burkeman, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking is a witty, fascinating, and counterintuitive listen / read that turns decades of self-help advice on its head and forces us to rethink completely our attitudes toward failure, uncertainty, and death. Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliverburkeman (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliverburkeman) Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721709-the-antidote (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721709-the-antidote) Audio production by Graham Stephenson Episode music: Caprese by https://www.sessions.blue/ (Blue Dot Sessions) Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, and Spotify

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