62. The Big Lies & the Truth About Happiness with Dr. Laurie Santos

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 5:01 a.m.

b"1. One easy thing we can do to increase our happiness by 1% when we\\u2019re feeling tired and overwhelmed.\\n2. Our misconception that happiness is about our circumstances\\u2013the next promotion, the new relationship\\u2013and the reality that often people with fantastic circumstances are miserable.\\n3. Why our emotions flow directly from our thoughts\\u2013and how we can improve our wellbeing by changing our mind\\u2019s interpretation of events.\\n\\nAbout Laurie:\\nDr. Laurie Santos\\xa0is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Dr. Santos is an expert on human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. Her course, \\u201cPsychology and the Good Life,\\u201d teaches students what the science of psychology says about how to make wiser choices and live a life that\\u2019s happier and more fulfilling. The class is Yale\\u2019s most popular course in over 300 years and has been adapted into a free Coursera program that has been taken by over 3.3 million people to date. Dr. Santos has been featured in numerous news outlets including the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, NPR, GQ Magazine, Slate, CNN and O, The Oprah Magazine. Dr. Santos is a winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching from institutions such as Yale and the American Psychological Association. She has been featured as one of Popular Science\\u2019s \\u201cBrilliant 10\\u201d young minds and was named TIME's \\u201cLeading Campus Celebrity.\\u201d Her podcast,\\xa0The Happiness Lab,\\xa0launched in 2019 has over 48 million downloads.\\n\\nInstagram: @lauriesantosofficial\\nTwitter: @lauriesantos\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"