How to Practice Mental Health Hygiene With Sociologist Corey Keyes

Published: Sept. 24, 2024, 7 a.m.

We\u2019d love to hear from you! Take our quick audience survey here.\nCorey Keyes is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Emory University. He studies how people find satisfaction in their lives, and why achieving a sense of well-being is no easy feat.\xa0\nOn this week\u2019s episode of Everyday Better, Corey joins Leah to discuss his research on languishing, flourishing and how to move from one to the other. Corey argues that good mental health isn\u2019t just the absence of mental illness but the presence of well-being. He also explains the concept of \u201cfunctioning well\u201d and why working towards that is more important than chasing happiness.\xa0\nFollow Leah Smart on LinkedIn.\nFollow Corey Keyes on LinkedIn.\nFor more tips on how to move out of languishing and into flourishing, check out Corey\u2019s book, Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down.