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MUMBAI: In HAPPINESS AND YOUR HEALTH: THE SURPRISING CONNECTION,
CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins the eternal
search for happiness. Talking with doctors, philosophers, teachers,
business leaders and comedians, Dr. Gupta asks where happiness comes
from, how to get it and whether people need it.
 Joined
by guests including US comedian Richard Lewis ('Curb Your Enthusiasm')
and motivational speaker Tony Robbins, Dr. Gupta reveals the surprising
secrets of happy people, the ways in which happiness affects health
and the intriguing results of an exclusive CNN poll.
Fascinating aspects, issues and questions surrounding 'happiness'
in the special include:
'Born Happy' - happiness experts say personality has deep roots
in genetics. The programme features identical twins who despite
growing up without knowing of each other's existence for 25 years,
noticed more than a few similarities when they first met.
 'Power
of Laughter' - "Laughing is halfway to healing" is the
motto of laughter yoga. This movement, created by a Mumbai doctor,
today claims more than 3,000 clubs in 40 countries. Dr. Gupta laughs
along with a club in California, finding intricate links between
happiness and health.
'Unnatural Highs' - psychiatrist Julie Holland and Nora Volkow,
head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the US, explain
the effects that drugs - legal and illegal - have on the brain and
compare these effects to natural highs.
'How to be Happy' - viewers will hear surprising research into
what really makes people happy, as well as a life lesson from someone
who found himself paralysed in a car accident at the age of 29,
and who subsequently suffered the deaths of his second wife, sister
and parents, yet emerged from those struggles happier and wiser
than ever.
Dr. Gupta said, "There is more than one route to happiness
and well-being. This special will take viewers on a journey and
hopefully help them live happier, healthier and more fulfilling
lives."
Airtimes: Indian Standard Times
Sat, December 9 at 1230hrs and 2030hrs
Sun, December 10 at 1230hrs
Airtimes are subject to change.
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