What should we make of Denmark and happiness?
The latest episode of The Global Denmark Podcast is live, where cohosts Ed Ley and Thomas Mullhern sit down with bestselling author and happiness expert, Helen Russell.
Helen is a journalist, speaker, and author of “Leap year”, “Gone Viking”, “Atlas of Happiness” and the international bestseller “The Year of Living Danishly”.
In the wide-ranging conversation, we explore what it means to live danishly, how Helen defined happiness before and after coming to Denmark, societal and individual happiness, the benefits of a growth mindset, keys to successful communication, and incorporation of happiness approaches from around the world.
What it means to live Danishly [01:53]
Danish values and exploring happiness [04:55]
The downside of the label, “happiness” [13:19]
Building a new network to integrate [16:07]
Living in Vejle [21:28]
Vikings [23:41]
Keys to successful communication [27:00]
When Denmark became home [29:06]
Habits and routines to optimize health and performance [30:54]
Challenging traits and happiness habits [31:54]
Something weird and dinner party invites [34:57]
Mentors, teachers, and books [36:56]
Lessons to Denmark and closing comments [38:07]
CiC: Death of an accent
CiC: Good guidance
CiC: Summer houses and White House prowess.
CiC: Orcadians and Idioms
CiC: Postal problems, Iron agenda and the great flag hoist.
CiC: The Eternal Sunshine of the Danish Summer.
CiC: Dry days, lovely hell raisers and the great cauliflower rush.
CiC: Loud nights, Motorbikes and Living right
CiC: Potato protests, electric planes and awful imports
CiC: Fake Fault Lines and Fairy Tales
CiC: Toffee Projectiles, Aviation Austerity and the Great Android Collusion
CiC: Naughty things in small bags... of sweets.
CiC: Clean streets, sexy ads and cat sirens
CiC: Danish handshakes, Swedish space race and Scandics collaborate
CiC: From Russian ships to Carl Sagan tidying your bedroom
CiC: Cycle snitching, mobile money and Abby’s perfect transit.
CiC: Rich Country headlines, Danish American Pie and moral brewing
CiC: The Turing Danish Test
CiC: Working 9 to 5, or whenever you feel like it.
CiC: Mermaids, Wolfs and Saunas.
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