Joni PatryVedic Astrologer, Spiritual Guide, and Author

Marci Shimoff's Turning Point Interview with Joni Patry #shorts

7 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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Marci Shimoff recounts a turning-point moment in June 1998 when, despite major professional success (three books concurrently in the New York Times top five, a speech to 8,000 people, and autographing 5,432 books), she felt an inner emptiness. This realization led her to study happiness and positive psychology, interviewing top researchers and 100 self-described 'unconditionally happy' people (her “happy hundred”), adopting their practices which she reports worked for her.

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And I had a turning point moment. It was in June of 1998. I had three books in the top five on the new York Times bestseller list at the same time. I had just finished giving a speech to 8,000 people, and I had autographed 5,432 books. I felt like an author, rock star. But I will tell you, after autographing that last book, I went up to my hotel room. I walked over to these huge windows overlooking Lake Michigan, and I took in that view. And I turned around and I collapsed onto that bed. And I burst into tears. Because I realized that despite everything that I had gotten in my life, I still felt that emptiness inside. And I realized that I could no longer fool myself into thinking that just the next great thing was going to help me be happier. So I decided I am going to dive headlong into the field of happiness, into the field of positive psychology. And I interviewed all of the top researchers. I interviewed a hundred what I called unconditionally happy people. I call them my happy hundred. And I started doing what they were doing, and it worked.