Summary & Highlights
Sue hosts Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, and best-selling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change. Michelle helps shift you towards more positive, solution-focused communication, ultimately leading to a decrease in the negative effects of stress.
Michelle and Sue discuss how to:
- Make yourself immune to stress and negativity
- Drive success by communicating with positivity
- Lessen the power of negative people
- Share bad news more effectively
- Create and sustain a positive culture at work or home through contagious optimism
- Share tools for positive thinking with colleagues and friends
Guest Profile
Michelle Gielan has spent the past decade researching the link between happiness and success. She is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change and was named one of the Top 10 authors on resilience by the Harvard Business Review.
Michelle is an Executive Producer of “The Happiness Advantage” on PBS and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. She formerly served as anchor of The CBS Morning News, and her research has received attention from dozens of media outlets including The Washington Post, FORBES, and The New York Times.
Michelle holds an advanced degree in positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. from Tufts University in Computer Engineering.
Resources
- Book: Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change
- Websites: michellegielan.com
- Connect on LinkedIn