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The Science of Well-being

The Science of Well-being

The Science of Well-being

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What You'll Learn

  • Laurie Santos in “Psychology and the Good Life”
  • The Science Behind Happiness
  • A Monkey Economy as Irrational as Ours 
  • Simple Steps to Make Yourself Happier Today

Featured Speaker

Laurie Santos

LaurieSantos is a Professor of Psychology and the Head of Silliman College at Yale University.  After observing a disturbing level of unhappiness and anxiety among her students, she began teaching a course entitled "Psychology and the Good Life," which quickly became the most popular course in Yale's history and has also reached over 350,000 people from all over the world through its online version. Although she’s now best known as a "happiness expert,” Santos's research explores the much broader question of "What makes the human mind unique?" and often includes comparing the cognitive capacities of non-human animals to humans.

Learning Along With

  • White-collar workers
  • Founders & C-suites
  • Students
  • Normal people who want to live a more fulfilling life
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Episodes
4 Episodes
Laurie Santos: ON Teaching The Most Popular Class at Yale University
57min

On this episode of On Purpose, I sat down with Laurie Santos. Laurie is most known for her Yale course “Psychology and the Good Life”.

Laurie Santos & The Happiness Lab: Exploring The Science Behind Happiness
1h 14min

We all want more happiness. But what if our brains lie to us about how to get there? Psychologist Dr. Laurie Santos, whose Yale course “Psychology and the Good Life,”is the most popular classever offeredin the history of the university, illuminates what science says about what makes us happy and also how to put effective happiness strategies into practice. But not everyone can enroll in Santos’ class at Yale or has the time to take theonline equivalent on Coursera. In Season One ofTHE HAPPINESS LAB,Dr. Laurie Santos explores startling truths and explodes myths about what makes us happy in ten exhilarating and informative episodes. Examining questions such as: will a new job or relationship make us happy, are we happier when we have unlimited choice and how can we harness technology to improve our well-being. Through surprising interviews with the likes of David Byrne, Michelle Kwan and Michael Phelps’s coach, along with in-depth storytelling and the science to back it up, Santos...

A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos
19min

Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

You Can Change
38min

You can make yourself happier today. Your life circumstances and personality aren't nearly as important as you think in deciding how happy you can be. Dr Laurie Santos explains how understanding the latest science will point you in the right direction and make you more satisfied with your life. Are you ready to feel better? For an even deeper dive into the research we talk about in the show visit happinesslab.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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