87: On Happiness with Laurie Santos

About this episode

Laurie Santos discusses the science of happiness and evidence-based practices that lead to human flourishing.

Laurie Santos is host of The Happiness Lab podcast and professor at Yale, where she teaches Psychology and the Good Life, Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years, with almost one out of four students enrolled. Laurie is an expert on the science of happiness and the ways in which our minds lie to us about what makes us happy. In this episode of The Leader’s Way, host Brandon Nappi talks with Laurie about how science can help us move toward happiness by offering evidence-based data about behaviors and practices that lead to human flourishing. A lot of these things we already know in our bodies and in our lives: It’s not what you believe, it’s what you do. Connection, relationships, engaging in service, leaning into contemplation and reflection and harnessing our behaviors and emotions can boost happiness. Tune in to learn more! Host: Brandon Nappi Guest: Laurie Santos Instagram: @theleadersway.podcast berkeleydivinity.yale.edu/podcast You can support our work at https://tinyurl.com/support-transforming-leaders

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Nappi

Guest: Laurie Santos

Topics covered

• happiness
• psychology
• human flourishing
• science
• relationships
• well-being

Keywords

• happiness
• psychology
• Yale
• human flourishing
• relationships
• science of happiness
• well-being

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale, The Happiness Lab, Berkeley Divinity School

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