377: A.J. Jacobs - Stop Obsessing About Your Health, Gratitude Leads To Happiness, Radical Honesty

<p>A.J. Jacobs (<a href="https://twitter.com/ajjacobs" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@ajjacobs</a>) is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.</p> <p>A.J. is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine.</p> <p>He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show and The Colbert Report and has given several TED talks.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A gratitude journey thanking a thousand people</li> <li>Gratitude leads to happiness</li> <li>Thank you for thanking me</li> <li>The six degrees of gratitude</li> <li>It doesn't take a village to make a cup of coffee, it takes the world</li> <li>What is the luck factor?</li> <li>When you are grateful, you pay it forward</li> <li>Savor the moment</li> <li>The 30-Day Meditation Challenge</li> <li>The alphabet gratitude practice</li> <li>Before you use social media, take a moment to say “What am I grateful for?”</li> <li>The year of living biblically</li> <li>Focus on the good and make the world better</li> <li>How much the outer affects the inner</li> <li>When you act confident, you become confident</li> <li>Not gossiping makes you happier</li> <li>The month of being the greatest husband experiment</li> <li>A.J. outsourcing an argument with his wife</li> <li>The downsides of outsourcing</li> <li>The radical honesty movement</li> <li>It’s not healthy to be obsessed with your health</li> <li>The meaning of orthorexia</li> <li>How to set micro goals</li> <li>The importance of community</li> <li>Puzzles can save the world</li> <li>We should all be experimenting more</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show sponsors:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/organifi" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Organifi <== 20% off all Organifi products</a></p> <p><a href="https://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/sunwarrior