The Oprah PodcastHAPPINESS PROFESSOR: How to Discover the Meaning of Your Life with Oprah and Arthur C. Brooks

Redefining Suffering’s Formula

42:54–43:48 · 54s

Brooks offers a memorable formula—suffering equals pain times resistance—and urges lowering resistance by asking what pain can teach, not just eliminating it.

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