Book · 2026 · Psychology
What's Going Right
A Powerful New Method for Optimizing Your Mental Health
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And the new book is really a beautiful offering like this notion on its own of what's going right like let's start with like all the good things and build upon that rather than as we said at the outset like let's just pathize everything and talk about all these things that are going wrong and how to fix them.
Rich Roll · The Rich Roll Podcast · May 2026 Listen at 2:27:17 Why people recommend it
What's GoingRight by Paul Conti is a mental health book that focuses on human flourishing, agency, and empowerment rather than pathologizing human struggles. Rich Roll featured the book and its author on an episode of The Rich Roll Podcast, describing the volume as a beautiful offering that encourages readers to start with positive developments and build upon them. Instead of dwelling on diagnostic labels and prescribing clinical mental health treatments, Rich Roll noted that the author takes a proactive, empowering approach to psychological well-being. He praised the work as an effective antidote to modern anxiety, division, and the prevailing cultural trap of pathologizing every emotional challenge. Throughout the episode, the host highlighted how the book provides a constructive path forward for individuals seeking mental clarity and personal growth without falling into negative paradigms. By emphasizing what is going right in people's lives, the book serves as a refreshing and practical guide for readers looking to cultivate resilience, emotional strength, and a healthier mindset in their everyday lives.
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“What I think is really interesting about this book is the fact that agency and empowerment are central pillars and themes and you are taking a very proactive approach to people's mental health. We're in this paradigm of pathizing everything. It's a sort of diagnosis and prescribed mentality. And this book is really about like how can we flourish instead”
“Uh this book is very much an antidote to that like a a way out of of falling into that trap.”
“And the new book is really a beautiful offering like this notion on its own of what's going right like let's start with like all the good things and build upon that rather than as we said at the outset like let's just pathize everything and talk about all these things that are going wrong and how to fix them.”
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“And that's what I'm trying to do in the book. It's not that it's all new. I like to think that there's a new idea or two in there, but most of what I'm doing is pulling together what we already know and saying, "Hey, we can look at this and we can approach our mental health with the same”
“In the book I write two different perspectives of my life and they're both quite brief.”
“And I write in the in the book about Aleandro Zenardi who woke up after an accident and had lost both legs.”
“And I try I try and give a lot of guidance, a lot of practical steps in the book, but I'll I'll I'll pick a couple of them that I think really um kind of really stand out to me.”
“And that is what I've tried to do in this book. Not because I've invented it out of nowhere, but because we human beings have been working hard on this for many, many years. and we can pull it together and we can use it as a template for like this is what self inquiry looks like, right?”