How different might your life be if you approached it with a more optimistic mindset? It’s a question thathas fascinated our guest, journalist, scientistand author Sumit Paul-Choudhury since a huge personaltragedy led him to try and reframe his own life through a lens of optimism. The experiment was such assuccess that it led him to take a deep dive into the history and philosophy of looking on the bright side, andwhat it can do to change our lives. His book–“The Bright Side: Why Optimists Have the Power to Changethe World’, is the result.

In this episode he and Stephanie discuss the difference between optimism and naivety, the tricks to stayingoptimistic even when the world around us seems to be falling apart, and how looking on the bright side canchange your life.

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Host: Stephanie von Bismarck

Guest:Sumit Paul-Choudhury, Author of "The Bright Side" and director of the creative studio Alternity

Producer:Tory Pope

Production Manager:Angela Crago

Executive Producer:Ellie Di Martino

The series was recorded and edited at Pod Shop studios.

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