305: Secrets from the Happiness Lab | Laurie Santos

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.6 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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2020 has already sucked extremely hard, but we may now be entering even more difficult months ahead, as winter sets in. So we asked Professor Laurie Santos to come on. She is overflowing with science-based strategies for navigating this difficult time. This is the second episode in our 2-part series that we’re semi-facetiously calling Winter is Coming. If you missed last week’s episode with Zindel Segal, a pioneer in mindful treatment for depression and anxiety, go check it out. Laurie is a tenured professor at Yale, where she teaches a blockbuster course on happiness. She’s also now the host of a podcast called the Happiness Lab. In the conversation, we talk about how to handle the holidays in a pandemic; how to have hard conversations with your family; combating pandemic fatigue in your own mind; the need to double down on self-care; why the things we think will make us happy probably won’t; and the cultivation of JOMO and “time affluence.” Take Part in the New Year’s Series To submit a question or share a reflection dial 646-883-8326 and leave us a voicemail. If you’re outside the United States, you can email us a voice memo file in mp3 format to [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is Monday December 7th. Where to find Laurie Santos online: Website: https://psychology.yale.edu/people/laurie-santos Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauriesantos Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/laurie-santos-305 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Before we get started with today's episode, I'm going to make a provocative claim.
0:06.3	We are doing Valentine's Day wrong.
0:10.3	First, because too often we make it a celebration of only romantic love, which is important,
0:16.2	but it's also a kind of overly narrow band of human relationships.
0:20.1	Second, because our Valentine's Day norms tend to reinforce false expectations and misunderstandings
0:26.8	about romantic love, encouraging us to view it through the warping lens of what one relationship
0:33.0	expert calls the you complete me model.
0:37.2	So this year on the podcast, we're doing some Valentine's Day counter programming.
0:40.6	We're going to talk about some of the myths of love, sex, dating, and relationships,
0:45.2	but we're also going to open the aperture a little bit and talk about the science of
0:48.2	making and keeping friends, how to deal with family drama, and also the science of rejection
0:54.6	and heartbreak.
0:56.5	So whether you love Valentine's Day or you think it's a hallmarked confection, a money-making
1:01.9	scheme for restaurant tourists, chocolates, and florists, whatever your view, come join
1:06.7	us for a two week series starting on February 13th.
1:11.9	Now on with the show.
1:13.9	Hi, I'm David Brown.
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1:21.7	Get an insight look at the day's most controversial disputes and most surprising business stories.
1:26.4	Listen to Business Wars Daily on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:34.7	From ABC, this is the 10% Happier Podcast.
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