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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Pushkin Industries

You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re... more

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Episodes

Finding Holiday Happiness (Dr Laurie on the How God Works podcast)

The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy. But all too often, the darker, colder days of winter,... more

16 Dec 2024 · 38 minutes
Why Giving is a Great Daily Habit

It's Giving Tuesday - a time when many people donate to charity (using websites like this: givingmultiplier.org/happiness). Giving money to... more

03 Dec 2024 · 42 minutes
Get Happier, Help Others: Some Good Ideas About Giving

It's the season of giving: colorful paper and shiny bows, sure, and charitable giving, too. In this special episode, Jacob... more

02 Dec 2024 · 51 minutes
Top 5: How to Act Like an Extrovert

It's Happiness Lab's fifth birthday - so as part of the celebration we're playing some of Dr Laurie's favorite episodes.... more

25 Nov 2024 · 30 minutes
Top 5: Throw Yourself into Fandom

To celebrate five years of The Happiness Lab, Dr Laurie has picked out the five episodes she loves the most.... more

22 Nov 2024 · 32 minutes
Top 5: Love the Past, But Don't Live There

Happiness Lab is five years old. To mark our birthday, Dr Laurie has picked her favorite five episodes from the... more

18 Nov 2024 · 35 minutes
Top 5: Finding Joy in Any Job

To mark the podcast's fifth birthday, Dr Laurie is revisiting some of her favorite episodes. And this show - Working... more

15 Nov 2024 · 35 minutes
Happy Birthday, Happiness Lab: Dr Laurie's Top 5 Shows

The Happiness Lab debuted back in fall 2019. To celebrate our fifth birthday, we're revisiting Dr Laurie's favorite shows. We... more

11 Nov 2024 · 36 minutes
You can be happier at work — here's how from Fixable

We're bringing you an episode of Fixable, where Laurie joined Frances Frei and Anne Morriss to discuss whether you can... more

28 Oct 2024 · 34 minutes
How to Thrive at Work

We can spend a lot of time working - and it gives us fulfillment, social interaction and fun - but... more

21 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
How to Fail at Work

You can't alway win at work. We all have career setbacks and disappointments - and learning how to deal with... more

17 Oct 2024 · 42 minutes
Advice from The Titans of Happiness on World Mental Health Day

The biggest names in wellness podcasting - "The Titans of Happiness" - come together to talk about the greatest mental... more

10 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
How to Make a Difference (Happily)

We often assume that we can’t fix the big problems we see in the world around us. And that trying... more

30 Sep 2024 · 32 minutes
How to Disagree Better

It feels like our world is deeply polarized. We seem to fundamentally disagree with so many people - and with... more

23 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
Survival of the Fittest... or the Kindest?

Some people think they need to be ruthless and selfish to thrive and survive in life. The theories of Charles... more

16 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
How to Find Hope in a Cynical World

It’s hard to stay hopeful these days. Stanford professor Jamil Zaki has been studying the incredible depth of human kindness... more

09 Sep 2024 · 43 minutes
Find Hope and Banish Cynicism... Coming Sept 9

It's hard to stay hopeful sometimes. Things can look pretty bleak and divided, especially around election time. But if you're... more

02 Sep 2024 · 4 minutes
"Happiness Is Like A Leaky Tire" from Immigrantly

We're bringing you an episode of Immigrantly, where Laurie joined host Saadia Khan to discuss the psychology of happiness education... more

05 Aug 2024 · 44 minutes
The Happiness Lessons Helping Win Olympic Medals

America's top athletes need coaches. And those coaches themselves need guidance. It's a hard and stressful job - and one... more

29 Jul 2024 · 29 minutes
The Happiness of the Long Distance Runner

Georgia Bell was a great runner as a child - but in college she fell out of love with the... more

22 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
How Talking to a Friend Helps (Live at The International Festival of Arts and Ideas)

Making shows about her own happiness challenges was both fun and instructive for Dr Laurie, but it also took guts... more

19 Jul 2024 · 48 minutes
A Matter of Life and Death

Dr Laurie HATES thinking about her own death. It's scary, creepy and morbid, right? Wrong. Thinking about our finite lives... more

15 Jul 2024 · 32 minutes
Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week?

By 2030 we'll only work 15 hours a week, predicted the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes back in 1930. He... more

08 Jul 2024 · 35 minutes
Does the You of Today Hate the You of Tomorrow?

We often do things now that will make our lives more difficult or stressful in the future. We spend money,... more

01 Jul 2024 · 28 minutes
The Power of Awe... and Where to Find it

Awe reduces stress, helps us forget our minor worries and makes us feel more connected to the people around us.... more

24 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
How to Tame Stress

Dr Laurie is stressed, and it's harming her health. Constant worry and stress is bad for our bodies and our... more

17 Jun 2024 · 37 minutes
How I Stopped Fearing Boredom

Dr Laurie HATES boredom! Since childhood she's found it so painful that she'll do anything to avoid being bored. She'll... more

10 Jun 2024 · 25 minutes
How to Fight Perfectionism

Holding yourself to impossibly high standards is self-defeating and makes for a miserable life. Can Dr Laurie Santos find ways... more

03 Jun 2024 · 29 minutes
My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3)

Sometimes the happiness teacher flunks her own class. In a deeply personal new season, Dr Laurie Santos opens up about... more

27 May 2024 · 1 minute
Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview

Liz Dunn is a regular guest on The Happiness Lab, but in this extended interview with TED's Chris Anderson she... more

20 May 2024 · 53 minutes
Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar

A chance to hear a recent episode of A Slight Change of Plans in which Maya Shankar asks psychologist Adam... more

13 May 2024 · 42 minutes
Five Tips to be Happier at Work (Dr Laurie at SXSW)

Work is a worry. Are we paid enough? Should we be getting promoted quicker? Is artificial intelligence about to replace... more

06 May 2024 · 56 minutes
Tame Those Devices: 10 Tips to Achieve Digital Balance

Technology is amazing! We can make video calls, find facts in an instant and watch movies on our phones. We... more

29 Apr 2024 · 39 minutes
How to Grow After Adversity

Karen Guggenheim was devastated by the death of her husband, Ricardo. She was alive, but dead to the world around... more

22 Apr 2024 · 40 minutes
Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day - with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Medical doctors are waking up to the importance of happiness, partly prompted by the work of people like Rangan Chatterjee.... more

15 Apr 2024 · 52 minutes
How to Make America's Young People Happier Again

The US is sliding down the world happiness rankings - but it's the unhappiness of young people that's really dragging... more

08 Apr 2024 · 37 minutes
Can Happiness Ward Off Dementia?

Age is the main risk factor for cognitive decline. So with more people around the world living longer, cases of... more

01 Apr 2024 · 35 minutes
What Can We Learn From the Happiest Country on Earth?

There are certain nations which always top the rankings in the World Happiness Report. What are they doing right, that... more

25 Mar 2024 · 37 minutes
Pushkin Hosts Celebrate World Happiness Day

The Happiness Lab’s Dr. Laurie Santos brings together other Pushkin hosts to mark the International Day of Happiness. Revisionist History’s... more

20 Mar 2024 · 48 minutes
The Happiness of Subtraction

We often think adding more things to our lives will make us happier - more trips, more activities, more possessions.... more

11 Mar 2024 · 35 minutes
Why the "Good Enough" Relationship Beats the "Perfect Partner"

Fairy tales and Hollywood rom coms have taught us to expect perfection from a soul mate, but sex and relationships... more

04 Mar 2024 · 39 minutes
A Supercommunicator's Guide to Love and Dating

Some people ask searching questions and then really listen to the replies. These so-called supercommunicators make great romantic partners, so... more

26 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
Can Couples Learn to Argue Better?

No matter how much you love your partner, your relationship will never be totally free from disagreement. And nor should... more

19 Feb 2024 · 34 minutes
Love Lessons from the "Masters of Relationships"

Some people are just good at building and maintaining healthy partnerships. In their 'Love Lab", the married researchers Dr John... more

12 Feb 2024 · 45 minutes
The Sweet Smell of Happiness

Does happiness have a scent? Dr Laurie has been trying to remove the bad smells in her life and bring... more

05 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
How Getting Active Can Make You Happier

Busy scientist Adam Aron had too much on his plate to think deeply about climate change - until he read... more

15 Jan 2024 · 20 minutes
Being Green Doesn't Mean Sacrificing Fun... or Cutting Out Meat

We often think of fighting climate change as a drain on our happiness - it'll mean sacrificing the things we... more

08 Jan 2024 · 27 minutes
Why our Brains Don't Fear Climate Change Enough

Humans are great at reacting to mortal danger... but only sometimes. Unfortunately, some risks to our safety and wellbeing don't... more

02 Jan 2024 · 37 minutes
When Stalin Killed the Weekend - A Happiness Lab/Cautionary Tales Crossover

Time off work is vital for your happiness. So what would you do if you couldn't take the same rest... more

18 Dec 2023 · 36 minutes
Build The Life You Want from Oprah's Super Soul

Enjoy this episode of another show you might like: the Build the Life You Want Super Soul Podcast. Oprah and... more

15 Dec 2023 · 54 minutes
Is There a Gen Z Happiness Crisis? Dr Laurie Meets the US Surgeon General

Have we created a culture where young people prioritize good grades, social media likes and constant hustling over the important... more

11 Dec 2023 · 35 minutes
How Eating Got Complicated

For our ancient ancestors food was just another thing they needed to survive - like sleep, shelter or warmth. But... more

04 Dec 2023 · 43 minutes
Awe and Psychedelics with Michael Pollan

Laurie's former student and friend, Dr. Maya Shankar, has a Pushkin podcast we love called A Slight Change of Plans.... more

01 Dec 2023 · 37 minutes
Giving Away Cash Makes You Happy... and Transforms Lives

YOU can boost your happiness and transform the lives of people in one African village with a cash gift by going... more

27 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
Make America Happy Again

We're distrustful, unequal and isolated. That's according to the figures showing a decline in happy community feeling since the 1960s.... more

20 Nov 2023 · 31 minutes
Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Cheers was a sitcom hit in the 80s thanks to a theme tune promising that the fictional bar was a... more

13 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
Don't Make Friends Where You Make Your Money?

Work and friendship don't mix, thought Katherine Hu. A recent graduate, she found it harder to form bonds with colleagues... more

06 Nov 2023 · 33 minutes
Ask for Help... and Spread Happiness

Jia Jiang dreamed of being the next Bill Gates... but an entrepreneur needs the courage and confidence to ask for... more

30 Oct 2023 · 25 minutes
The Introvert's Guide to Extroversion

Jessica Pan hated social gatherings - she cried when her friends threw her a surprise birthday party, and was even... more

23 Oct 2023 · 29 minutes
Text a Friend... Right Now!

When did you last check in on a friend? Maybe the last time you did, their reply was terse or... more

16 Oct 2023 · 26 minutes
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For our ancient ancestors food was just another thing they needed to survive - like sleep, shelter or warmth. But in the... more