In this episode, originally published in January 2022, Cally talks to journalist, speaker and best-selling author Helen Russell about happiness, sadness, life, death, parenthood, fertility, arrival fallacy, being ginger, crying on planes, crying off planes, telephone phobia, loneliness, Scandinavia, altruism, therapy, medication and washing machines.

Twitter @MsHelenRussell and Instagram @MsHelenRussell

Helen's book How to Be Sad

Helen's website helenrussell.co.uk

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Harvard happiness course

Mo Gawdat

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