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Arthur C. Brooks discusses the science of happiness and its practical applications in life.

This week I'm joined by Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard professor, bestselling author and one of the world's leading experts on the science of human happiness, and someone who has spent his life answering one of the most fundamental questions we all ask and what does it actually mean to live well? We explore happiness, meaning, love and what the science really says about building a life that feels worth living. Arthur Brooks is a professor at Vanderbilt University and senior fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the author of 16 books including three number one New York Times bestsellers. He has spent decades studying happiness not as a feeling but as a skill and teaching people how to practise it. What we explore together: Why happiness is not a destination and what the arrival fallacy is really costing you The four idols your brain tells you will make you happy and why they never do What the neuroscience of love actually looks like and the two things that keep couples bonded How the failure journal works and why writing down your disappointments makes you happier Why meaning and happiness are not the same thing and which one actually lasts What it means to love and be loved and…

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