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Sep 2022
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Dr. Laurie Santos on increasing happines...

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Dr. Laurie Santos teaches people how to be happier. She’s the host of the Happiness Lab podcast on Pushkin, and the creator and teacher of Yale’s most popular class, known on Coursera.com as “The Science of Wellbeing.” She sits down with Jessi to share her journey with the science of happiness, what many people misunderstand about how joy works, and how we can each increase our own happiness. 

Learn more about Dr. Laurie Santos here and check out The Happiness Lab podcast.

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