Psychology professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is on Radio Headspace all week. Today, she talks about how gratitude is a foolproof way to feel a little better, especially during tough times.
If you want to learn more about the science of happiness, check out Dr. Laurie Santos' podcast The Happiness Lab here.
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Today
The Exhaustion Of Trying To Stay Young
The promise of staying young can be hard to resist. There's always another product to try, another sign of aging to fix, another way to feel like we're keeping time at bay. Dora recognizes that anxious pull, even as she questions the belief underneath it: that getting older means ... Show More
5m 36s
Oct 14
I Don't Like Thinking About Death
Have you ever noticed how quickly you try to change the subject, even in your own mind, when death comes up? During her nursing training, Dora cared for a man who was nearing the end of his life, with no friends or family coming to visit. She couldn't shake the feeling of a whole ... Show More
4m 54s
Jun 2020
Want to be happier? Evidence-based tricks to get you there
Everyone wants to be happy, and science has some answers. In this episode, Laurie Santos, the host of The Happiness Lab podcast, shares the science of cultivating gratitude and reframing positive thinking.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of persona ... Show More
15m 21s
Oct 2022
Laurie Santos || The Science of Happiness
Today we welcome Dr. Laurie Santos, psychology professor and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Her course, “Psychology and the Good Life,”is Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years and has been adapted into a free Coursera program that has been taken by over 3.3 m ... Show More
46m 56s
Jan 2023
The science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)
The phrase “comparison is the thief of joy” might be the kind of cliche that makes you roll your eyes – and yet, it’s an idea that is, scientifically, pretty accurate. In today’s episode, psychologist Laurie Santos – a Yale professor and host of “The Happiness Lab” podcast – disc ... Show More
35m 44s