For Blue Monday we're speaking with Happiness Consultant, Samantha Clarke. Sam is on a mission to change our thinking around wellbeing and work as the author of 'Love It or Leave It, How to be Happy at Work', a lecturer at the School of Life and Simon Sinek's InspireU, a neuroaesthetician and global change-maker.

Sam and I chat about what it means to be happy at work, her personal journey balancing her health and career, and how 'purpose' doesn't have to be as elusive and challenging as it often seems.

A wise, insightful, and timely conversation about stress, conflict and compromise at work, job titles and self-worth, different generational and cultural perspectives on work, and how our environments shape us.

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'Love It or Leave It, How to be Happy at Work' by Samantha Clarke

Chapters

(00:00) Meet Samantha Clarke

(00:55) Journey to Happiness Consultancy

(05:53) Defining Happiness and Fulfilment at Work

(06:56) Job Titles, Purpose Umbrella and Self Worth

(09:27) Cultural Perspectives on Work and Identity

(12:19) Generational Differences

(14:30) Finding Your Values

(17:08) Stress, Conflict and Compromise

(19:50) Happiness on the Spectrum of Emotions

(20:40) Historical Emotion, Purpose and Choice

(22:22) Locating Pain

(23:05) Monetising Hobbies

(24:40) Illness and Realisations

(28:40) Neuroaesthetics, Grief and Personal Growth

(32:03) Does Work Define You?

(33:39) Our Environments Shape Us

(34:30) Final Thoughts

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