I've worked in digital marketing as a copywriter for over 18 years now, the first five of which I did a lot of shady and unethical work because of my mental state and low empathy. In the course of that work, I regularly helped questionable people sell happiness to unhappy people. The commercialization and commodification of happiness affects the way we perceive recovery from depression, trauma, and Bipolar Disorder.

The best unethical way to sell happiness is to hang it in the sky like a distant star, point at it, and say, "There it is! There's some happiness! I can sell you a ladder to reach it..." Except the ladder isn't tall enough. It's never tall enough, because then you can keep selling more ladders, products, beliefs, and make up reasons why they can't reach it. And so we spend our time always striving for the next shiny thing, the next promise of happiness.

As someone who's lived with depression and Bipolar Disorder for over 30 years, I know better than anyone the desperation of wanting to feel happy. Join me, and let me tell you the true secret to happiness, and help you recalibrate so maybe you can create some peace and happiness of your own.

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• [01:19] The Secret to Happiness
• [07:10] Happiness for Sale - Ethics
• [16:35] The Appearance of Happiness
• [18:05] Emotional Weather
• [20:30] Euphoria is not Happiness
• [25:20] Riding Euphoria is a bad idea
• [26:25] The difference between euphoria and happiness
• [28:43] The first step toward happiness
• [32:48] Mindfulness and Gratitude
• [34:22] Peace of mind

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• Several Factors Linked to Premature Deaths in Bipolar Patients
• Bipolar disorder linked to 6-fold heightened risk of early death from external causes - BMJ Group
• Multi-Level Marketing Businesses and Pyramid Schemes | Consumer Advice

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I am not a mental health professional. I do not have any qualifications or certifications of any kind. I hope that by sharing my experiences, more mentally ill people will be empowered to step into the offices of clinicians to do the hard work that leads to mental wellness, peace, and happiness. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as all I am is a mental patient with a microphone.