WHAT'S GOING RIGHT

a paradigm shifting optimistic take on mental health. Think Gabor Mate meets 10% Happier for the Peter Attia audience.

There is much to feel negative about when it comes to mental health, but Dr. Conti represents a paradigm-shifting optimism on the subject. Instead of using the DSM-5 to label patients with disorders that don't neatly apply to most people, Dr. Conti bucks convention by focusing his approach not on what is going wrong with our mental health but rather what is going right. Inside each one of us is a powerful drive for mental health. Dr. Conti refers to this drive as the "generative drive." It is our pursuit of peace and contentment. You can never have too much peace and you can never have too much contentment. In our busy, high-performing lives, we often find ourselves disconnected from this generative drive and overfocused on two competing drives: a drive for pleasure and a drive for aggression. A toxic pursuit of pleasure can look like drinking too much or making bad decisions. An overly assertive aggression drive can turn to negative self-talk that leads to anxiety and shame or an inability to get along with others that leads to loneliness. Dr. Conti offers readers a proven offramp from these toxic pursuits of pleasure and aggression and an onramp toward a joyful life reconnected to their generative drive. He gives readers back their emotional power and agency to reach their fullest potential without burning out. And his unique and proven approach bolsters the outcomes of traditional medicines and therapeutic practices. Dr. Conti's increasingly influential network, his decades of experience in the field, and the success of the podcast series all point to a bestselling book with a fresh take on happiness and mental health for men and women. Think Gabor Mate meets 10% Happier for the Peter Attia audience. Last fall, Dr. Conti co-hosted an incredibly popular four-part podcast series with Andrew Huberman, Tools and Protocols for Mental Health, which received over 25 million views/listens and was one of the podcast's most popular productions of 2023. That series serves as the basis of WHAT'S GOING RIGHT, which builds on Dr. Conti's decades of practical experience and his unique approach to the three 'drives' that shape our emotional lives to offer readers a proven approach to regaining balance, joy, and agency over their emotional lives. Dr. Paul Conti is a renowned psychiatrist who graduated from Stanford's School of Medicine and completed his residency at Harvard. In his private practice, Dr. Conti works with celebrity clients and is a go-to expert for top podcasters including Dr. Peter Attia, Mel Robbins, and Dr. Andrew Huberman.