How To Be Sad with Helen Russell
Health & Fitness
Mo Gawdat of Solve For Happy is a tech entrepreneur, engineer, and former chief business officer for Google X - the “moonshot” factory tackling the world’s toughest problems in innovative ways.
Mo reached a place early in life where he was extremely successful, yet deeply unhappy. He set about solving this, developing an equation for happiness. But this was put to the ultimate test in 2014 when Mo’s beloved son Ali died unexpectedly. During the grief that followed, Mo channelled his heartbreak in an unlikely way – by writing about his happy-algorithm.
Here, Mo talks to Helen about:
Trigger: bereavement
(Sidebar: if it sounds as though Helen’s choking up at one point, that’s because she is. Speaking to Mo can do that, in a good way. Goal for 2021: make it through a chat with Mo without welling up…)
Find out more about Mo’s equation for happiness and follow Mo on Twitter , Instagram and YouTube. Follow Helen on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @MsHelenRussell Read more about Helen’s new book, How To Be Sad at Waterstones, Amazon or Apple. Get in touch with the show at howtobesadpodcast@gmail.com Thanks to Joel Grove for production and to Matt Clacher at HarperCollins for making this podcast happen.Season 3 #4 Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Season 3 #3 Ingrid Fetell Lee
Season 3 #2 Tracii Guns
Season 3 #1 Dr Tal Ben Shahar
Season 2 #10 Daisy Buchanan
Season 2 #9 Rebecca Schiller
Season 2 #8 Baz Ashmawy
Season 2 #7 Matthew Ashton
Season 2 #6 Sophie Walker
Season 2 #5 Jody Day
Season 2 #4 Xand van Tulleken
Season 2 #3 Rosie Green
Season 2 #2 Mungi Ngomane and Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu
Season 2 #1 Holly Tucker
BONUS! Steph Douglas of Don’t Buy Her Flowers
#7 Yomi Adegoke
#6 Helen Thorn
#5 Cathy Rentzenbrink
BONUS! How to be Sad audiobook extract
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