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 127: ZINE Fest
CiC News round up 15.10.21
CiC News round up 8.10.21
CiC 126: Insight into Danish Politics
CiC News round up 1.10.2
CiC 125: Back from Break
CiC 124: Bongo & Pusk
CiC 123: Coming to the Nordics
CiC 122: Falck 2025
CiC 121: Sankthans
CiC 120: Friluftsliv
CiC 119: A human in Copenhagen
CiC 118: Gro Spiseri
Digital Empowerment - Louise Overgaard
CiC 117: Peech
Creative Denmark - Majken Kalhave
CiC 116: Sun Creature
CiC 115: Scandi Talk
CiC 114: Hot Meat
CiC 113: Dungeons & Danish
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