What if “feeling fine” isn’t the finish line… but the warning light?

In this episode, Andy records from Windsor (with a much cheaper parking rate this time) to unpack one of the biggest myths about happiness... that it’s just positive thinking with a smiley sticker on top.

What follows is a fast, funny reality check on modern life - the low-level Monday-morning glumness, the commotion, the sense that your get-up-and-go quietly got up and left.

Andy lays out the classic wellbeing scale (from -10 to +10) and explains why most of us are wobbling around the “mildly happy...ish” zone while the modern world keeps nudging us downward.

He also dusts off the story of a sceptical delegate who once told him a PhD was “just a long essay on positive thinking,” which gives Andy the perfect excuse to explain what a PhD actually is, why positive thinking isn’t enough, and why psychology has spent 150 years trying to fix brokenness instead of studying brilliance.

And that’s where he lands the big idea... traditional psychology is a life-saver - it pulls people from -9 back to zero.

But positive psychology? That’s a life-enhancer! It explores what takes people from “I’m fine” to “I’m thriving”

If you’ve ever wondered why some people radiate energy while the rest of us cling to ‘mustn’t grumble,’ this one will help you find the switch.