If you’ve ever wanted greater happiness in your life, then do we have the Good Morning, I Love You show for you. Today I’ll be talking with Dr. Shauna Shapiro, clinical psychologist, mindfulness and self-compassion expert, the creator of an amazing viral TED Talk, and the author of a beautiful golden book in mindfulness, “Good Morning, I love You” And that’s just what I want to talk with her about today, about the power of mindfulness and self-compassion to rewire your brain for calm, clarity, and joy. Key Points Discussed:  What happened to you when you were 17 and playing volleyball (03:31) The waterfall monastery, the English speaking monk, and what Shauna practiced at the monastery (06:18) How our entire lives are a meditation and how what we focus on grows stronger (11:01) The happiness set point theory; We are as we are (11:52) The superhighways of habit versus country roads (14:20) The power of focusing our minds and having laser-like attention (18:09) Beating ourselves up and the energy it costs us (21:08) The myth and disease of perfectionism that we all have in the west today (22:17) Learning how to become our own ally and being on our team (25:36) How do we apply mindfulness, kindness and common humanity in handling a child’s tantrum? (30:21) Working with soldiers with PTSD and the profound story of the soldier who had never spoken (32:14) The mistaken belief that self-judgment and shame makes things okay (36:58) Practicing forgiveness to free our hearts and what forgiveness really means (39:15) How compassion makes us more accountable (43:00) Why we often feel worse before we feel better when we start practicing mindfulness (44:21) Showing up for the beauty in our lives and training our minds into our being so we can change our happiness set point (47:00) Additional Resources: Good Morning, I Love You By Dr. Shauna Shapiro Wherever You Go, There You Are By Jon Kabat-Zinn www.DrShaunaShapiro.com www.AutomaticWriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.Instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on Tik Tok