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The Oprah Winfrey Show – The Pursuit of Happiness

Robert Holden helps guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show unveil their blocks to happiness

Oprah.com | April 2007

Dr. Holden says those looking for happiness often don’t realize they already have it. It’s a lesson that he says he was lucky to learn at age 18 from a spiritual teacher. “He said, ‘Look, actually, Robert, you’re already happy.’ And I said, ‘Well, that’s great, but I don’t feel it. So tell me, what do I have to do?'” Dr. Holden recalls. “And he said, ‘You have to understand that the pursuit of happiness is a mistake. It’s like, you don’t chase happiness out there. You learn that you’re happy inside you and then you go running. Then you go into the world.'”


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