The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos Pushkin
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You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.
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How to Tame Stress
Dr Laurie is stressed, and it's harming her health. Constant worry and stress is bad for our bodies and our minds, but how can we break the cycle and relax? It turns out scientists have learned a lot from one of America's most stressed-out communities - caregivers.
Hollywood star Steve Guttenberg talks about the toughest chapter of his life - caring for his dying dad - and Dr Elissa Epel explains why some caregivers suffer badly from stress, while others seem to find ways to live with the awful situation they find themselves in daily.
Further reading:
Steve Guttenberg - Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero.
Dr Elissa Epel - The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease.
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How I Stopped Fearing Boredom
Dr Laurie HATES boredom! Since childhood she's found it so painful that she'll do anything to avoid being bored. She'll watch crappy TV. She'll find extra work to do. She'll snack. But boredom is actually an incredibly useful tool to boost our happiness and creativity.
With the help of leading boredom experts, Dr Laurie learns how to embrace doing nothing and finds that in the midst of tedium our brains can come up with the most amazing breakthrough ideas.
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How to Fight Perfectionism
Holding yourself to impossibly high standards is self-defeating and makes for a miserable life. Can Dr Laurie Santos find ways to tackle her constant perfectionism so she can perform better and have more fun?
She hears from researcher Thomas Curran about a worrying growth in perfectionism in society, and asks "recovering perfectionist" Jordana Confino how to tackle the nagging voice in your head telling you to always push yourself and work harder.
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My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3)
Sometimes the happiness teacher flunks her own class. In a deeply personal new season, Dr Laurie Santos opens up about the things she really, really struggles with. Things like crippling perfectionism, chronic stress and a paralyzing fear of death.
With the help of world-class experts, a Hollywood star and a host of normal people who grapple with the same issues, Dr Laurie will face up to her own happiness demons and try to defeat them.
Coming June 3, wherever you get your podcasts.
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Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview
Liz Dunn is a regular guest on The Happiness Lab, but in this extended interview with TED's Chris Anderson she take us on a deep dive into her research. It shows that by increasing our generosity and by giving to others we can significantly boost our own happiness.
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Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar
A chance to hear a recent episode of A Slight Change of Plans in which Maya Shankar asks psychologist Adam Grant about his new book "Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things". They talk about how to filter out unhelpful feedback, the benefits of imperfectionism, and why we need to give soft skills more respect.
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Customer Reviews
Amazing
Thank you so much for this podcast. Truly valuable insights and actionable advise to making one’s life better, starting from within
Extremely grateful for the podcast
Laurie, you do not imagine the impact of the podcast in my life. I truly appreciate your work.
To all the people out there, just give the podcast a try. You won’t regret it, and you won’t imagine how much it will change your life.
Thanks again!!!
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Excellent articles all of them make us to re-wind and think about our concious happiness which start with concious decissions of how each one of us feel at certain moment in live.. Now we Covid many changes has been seen in our habits, so I think time for us to learn how to see the “new” world without falling depressed or sad. living coonciuosly the “eternal now” is an answer for me, not the past neither the future... just the present moment. Congratulations to Dr.Laurie Santos, I took your wonderful classes at Yale with key points, concrete messages, clear ideas to improve our happiness no matter how happy you currently feel. I learned a lot from your speeches! Thank you for podcasts!! Congratulations for such excellent gift : I love to listen your podcasts!!