Envy, The Thief Of Happiness (and 2 science backed ways to take it back)

Depicted in artwork, literature and religious texts throughout history, envy has long been part of the human experience, but never quite like it is today. Social media grants us access to a constant stream of highly curated and filtered images of happiest and most successful moments of our peers and strangers alike. With all of this at our fingertips, we compare the best snapshots of their lives with the most mundane of ours, feeding a growing sense of inadequacy and disconnection from others and ourselves, accompanied by a complex mixture of longing and resentment, often tinged with shame.In this episode of Mentally Stronger, I present two science-backed tips to transform your moments of envy into moments of strength, love and happiness. By reducing exposure to environments, habits and media that stoke the fires of envy within you and embracing Buddhism’s practice of sympathetic joy, you can retrain your mind to operate in ways that foster feelings of gratefulness, abundance, and joy instead of lack, bitterness and hostility.Key Links:Melli O’Brien: https://melliobrien.comThe Mental Strength School: https://melliobrien.com/mental-strength-school/Join the waitlist for Headstrong, Melli's 8-week online training course: https://melliobrien.com/headstrong-program/

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Get the right tools, skills and insights you need to stay mentally strong no matter what life is throwing your way. In each weekly episode of the Deep Resilience podcast, Melli O’Brien shares one key insight or skill to help you grow your inner strength, allowing you to reduce your stress, rise to your challenges and unlock greater freedom and peace of mind in the middle of it all.   After 15 years as an entrepreneur educator and coach in the mental health space and having the blessing of a successful career where her courses, retreats and app helped over 1 million people globally become mentally stronger, Melli created the Deep Resilience method, a radical new approach that is helping thousands of people remain resilient, empowered and centred even in the face of formidable challenges. Deep Resilience is a state of mental-emotional and spiritual integration and strength that can change everything. The way you live, the way you lead, the way you love and the way you handle life's challenges. This podcast will help you unlock your own deep resilience. In this way you can use this podcast as your weekly training ground to build inner strength in bite sized chunks, one step at a time. If that sounds like it's going to be helpful for you, be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, to make sure you see those new episodes coming in. You can also find all the episodes at www.melliobrien.com  We hope the Deep Resilience podcast is of benefit to you and gives you the support, relief and strength you need to be your best self, create the life that you want and thrive.