What part does money play in happiness?

What part does money play in happiness?

Lynn Ianni (Psychotherapist) gives expert video advice on: What part does money play in happiness?; What part does family play in happiness?; What part does spirituality or religion play in happiness? and more...

It's great to have what you need in terms of enough possessions to help you feel like you are safe and secure in the world, that you have enough to eat, enough comforts around you so that you feel like you are safe. Those are huge pieces in terms of that hierarchy of needs that we talked about before. Beyond that, it has more to do with how you experience those things and how much attachment you have towards them. That determines whether or not you are happy more than having them in and of themselves because there's another saying about, "Never cry over anything that can't cry over you." If you attach to something inanimate and you lose it, you have the potential to feel badly. If you don't attach to it and you recognize it's just a thing, other things can come. It's not relevant to who you are and how you are and again those things that are warm and things you can put your arms around that love you back. So instead of attaching to something that will never provide that level of comfort, you have the opportunity always to attach to something that will.