John R. Miles

Now, let's dive into my conversation with Deepika Chopra.

Thank you for choosing PassionStruck and choosing me to be your host and guide on your journey to creating an intentional life that matters.

Now, let that journey begin.

I am so excited today to welcome Dr. Deepika Chopra to PassionStruck.

Deepika, it's so nice for you to be here and so nice to meet you.

Today, we are discussing your brand new book, which I'm showing here for those of you who are watching.

But for those who are listening, it's titled The Power of Real Optimism, a practical science-based guide to staying resilient, curious, and open even when life is hard.

Congratulations.

Well, I can't wait to discuss it.

And you open the book with the story of one of your children's rare illnesses.

And it must have been such an interesting time for you because on the one hand, you're dealing with that, but you're trying to write about optimism.

In that moment, did optimism feel real to you or did it feel like a lie?

Yeah, as I was reading the book, something that I caught was that your son had to take medication and he was too small to swallow the pills.

And so the pharmacist said, crush it up and mix it with food.

Just don't mix it with something he likes.

And to this day, there are certain foods that people love, like pickles, that I just can't

even practically look at or smell it.

I was wondering, did my mom do something to me as I was growing up that jinxed me?

Thank God she didn't put whatever it was in ice cream.

thank you for sharing that.