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b"Up to 40% of college students report being too depressed to function most days. Over two-thirds say they experience overwhelming anxiety, and the scariest statistic is that more than 1 in 10 college students right now report seriously considering suicide in the past year.\\xa0\\nOn today\\u2019s Broken Brain Podcast, our host Dhru talks to Dr. Laurie Santos, a Professor of Psychology and the Head of Silliman College at Yale University, as well as the host of the critically acclaimed podcast, The Happiness Lab.\\xa0After observing a disturbing level of unhappiness and anxiety among her students, she began teaching a course entitled,\\xa0Psychology and The Good Life, which quickly became the most popular course in Yale's history and has also reached almost 2 million people from all over the world through an online version.\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Dhru and Laurie talk about the misconceptions of happiness and why money or a better job doesn\\u2019t create happiness. They discuss the importance of prioritizing our relationships and why they are key to our happiness. They also talk about \\u201ctime famine\\u201d versus \\u201ctime freedom\\u201d and how to think about the way we spend our time and what is really important.\\nIn this episode, we dive into:\\n-The current racial pandemic (2:44)\\n-How we measure happiness (5:27)\\n-Why mental health disorders among young people are almost a national epidemic (11:01)\\xa0\\xa0\\n-Societal expectations of happiness (15:11)\\n-How to rewire expectations (23:23)\\n-The importance of prioritizing relationships (32:43)\\n-\\u201cTime famine\\u201d and how it eats away at our happiness (42:43)\\n-How to maintain a sense of contentment and happiness and be an informed citizen of the world (52:42)\\n-Where to learn more about Dr. Laurie Santos (54:35)\\nFor more on Dr. Laurie Santos, you can follow her Twitter @lauriesantos. Check out her podcast The Happiness Lab here. To learn more about her book, The Science of Well-Being, click here.\\xa0\\nInterested in joining Dhru\\u2019s\\xa0Broken Brain Podcast\\xa0Facebook Community? Submit your join request here:\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/.\\nFor more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram\\xa0@dhrupurohit, on Facebook\\xa0@dhruxpurohit, on Twitter\\xa0@dhrupurohit, and on YouTube\\xa0@dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at\\xa0(302) 200-5643\\xa0or click here\\xa0https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit.\\nSponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AquaTru Water Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit www.brokenbrain.com/filter\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"