Adulthood for Beginners

Adulthood for Beginners

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 257 , Segment 3

Dead Musicians, Resilience Recharge, Adulthood for Beginners

Episode: Dead Musicians, Resilience Recharge, Adulthood for Beginners

  • Oct 28, 2017 4:00 pm
  • 29:17 mins

Andy Boyle, Professor of digital storytelling at Columbia College Chicago. Boyle is a writer, web developer, and journalist. Adulting is tough.  Many people graduate high school and college and realize that they do not have basic skills for life or that they have no idea what to do with their lives.  Andy Boyle, the author of “Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You” help us navigate through some of the challenges of navigating adulthood.

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Resilience by Recharge

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Michelle Gielan is a positive psychology researcher. Currently, she is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. She is the best-selling author of her book Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and was a national CBS News anchor before becoming a psychology researcher. Are you someone who goes home from work and can’t keep your mind off of work? Many people at home can’t help but check their phones for work emails or can’t even sleep because they are thinking about work. They don’t get a break from work at home, and it costs companies $62 billion a year in lost productivity. Michelle Gielan explains why having a recovery period is essential.

Michelle Gielan is a positive psychology researcher. Currently, she is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” Special on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. She is the best-selling author of her book Broadcasting Happiness. Michelle is the Founder of the Institute for Applied Positive Research and was a national CBS News anchor before becoming a psychology researcher. Are you someone who goes home from work and can’t keep your mind off of work? Many people at home can’t help but check their phones for work emails or can’t even sleep because they are thinking about work. They don’t get a break from work at home, and it costs companies $62 billion a year in lost productivity. Michelle Gielan explains why having a recovery period is essential.