Consciousshift With Julie Ann Turner

Julie Ann's ConsciousSHIFT guest, Chade-Meng Tan - author of "JOY ON DEMAND: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within" (the long-awaited follow-up to his New York Times bestselling book SEARCH INSIDE YOURSELF) - shows us how anyone, no matter where they are, can access this source of happiness.“If you have been unhappy, or you are happy and aspire to be even happier, know that your happiness set point can be upgraded. I know because I did it, I have seen many others do it, and scientific studies have measured it,"Meng explains. "Of course, Buddhist monks and other contemplative people have been doing it for thousands of years, but it’s not something in the water in the Himalayas, it’s something you can do too, wherever you are. I think the main problem is most people aren’t aware that it is even possible. Or, if we’ve heard of it, many of us think it is unattainable so we don’t even try. We don’t know it’s something that every single one of us can learn.”The path to joy on demand is through mindfulness, bu