Coping Amid the Crisis: With Guest Laurie Santos
An unprecedented global health crisis has overwhelmed healthcare systems, disrupted economies and financial markets, and radically altered our daily lives. And while social distancing is the responsible thing to do to slow the spread of disease, it also heightens the emotional challenges we face during these scary and uncertain times.\n\nIn this special bonus episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look to the science of happiness to see how we might mitigate the adverse impacts to our mental health and well-being\u2014and maybe even cultivate good new habits that can help us when the crisis is over.\n\nIn 2018, psychologist Laurie Santos introduced a new course at Yale\u2014its subject, happiness\u2014which quickly became the storied university\u2019s most popular class ever. Katy interviews Laurie to find out what insights from the course apply to our current situation and to solicit advice on happiness-improvement steps we can be taking now.\n\nLaurie Santos is a professor of psychology and head of Silliman College at Yale University. A version of her \u201chappiness class\u201d\u2014The Science of Well-Being\u2014is now available online for free through Coursera. Laurie also hosts the hit podcast The Happiness Lab.