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Hardwired for Happiness
Practices to Combat Stress
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In a world brimming with prosperity and technological connections, a crucial question looms: Why do so many of us view life through a lens of scarcity, grappling with stress, anxiety, and an overwhelming sense of busyness? How do we make 2024 different by building “happier” habits?
The answer to this paradox can be found in the evolutionary biology of our brains, which are hardwired for fear. Over millions of years, our brains have evolved to keep our bodies safe and secure, continuously scanning the environment for threats. When our brains sense threat, they release adrenaline and cortisol to prepare our bodies for fight or flight. These prediction-making capabilities of our brains are what allowed us to climb to the top of the food chain, despite not being the largest or strongest in the animal kingdom.
Unfortunately, our brains are maladapted to today’s highly volatile, uncertain times. The fight or flight responses that work so well to ensure our survival against physical threats don’t serve us so well against these modern psychological threats. And so, in the face of accelerating change, many people find themselves chronically anxious, triggered by even the smallest stressors.
Hardwired for Happiness distills research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and ancient wisdom traditions into nine proven practices that can rewire your brain to seek happiness instead of fear.
The author of the book, Ashish Kothari, will be in conversation with Bina Mirchandani. A Q&A with the audience will follow.
Speakers
Ashish Kothari
Ashish Kothari is an executive coach, author, consultant and founder of Happiness Squad, a company focused on helping individuals and organizations unleash the power of happiness and well-being to achieve their full potential. Ashish’s transformational approach, which he covers in his book “Hardwired for Happiness”, is interdisciplinary and integrates learnings across spiritual wisdom traditions, philosophy, positive psychology, neuroscience and organizational development. Prior to starting Happiness Squad, Ashish Kothari was a partner at the global management consulting company, McKinsey & Company and spend over two decades helping thousands of leaders succeed by building new mindsets and capabilities.
Bina Mirchandani
A graduate from the Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in 1977, Bina has worked in the fashion industry in strategic roles with large corporates such as Future Group, Reliance and Arvind to name a few.
She started a fashion brand called “Vibes” along with her husband in the late 70’s that became a first mover for fashion knits and apparel. She then moved on to heading the merchandise function in various companies. Later worked as a consultant for over 9 years building fashion brands for major retailers as well as exporters who wanted to launch labels in the domestic market.
Bina is an avid blogger and posts her fashion looks regularly on Social media. More importantly, Bina is also a Happiness Mentor, and is involved in spreading the knowledge of happiness to corporates and social groups. She also shares her experience with cancer, conducts wellness retreats and is presently collaborating with a Happiness program based out of the US promoted by Mr. Ashish Kothari, a Happiness and Leadership coach and author of “Hardwired for Happiness” and the lead promoter of a Happiness website called ‘Happiness Squad”.
