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🗓️ 6 January 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Research shows we all look for moments to make a fresh start - new years, new seasons, new decades. Our optimism about making big, positive changes is strong, but it fades quickly. As we enter 2020, Dr Laurie Santos asks Wharton's Katy Milkman about the science behind the "fresh start' effect and examines ways we can maintain our new habits beyond January.
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0:00.0 | Pushkin |
0:07.0 | Here on The Happiness Lab, we encourage you to think critically about your happiness |
0:12.8 | and how scientific research can help you maintain a sense of calm and well-being. |
0:17.0 | So I wanted to share another podcast with you that can help you find new sources of inspiration |
0:21.3 | through the art of storytelling. |
0:23.1 | It's called Meditative Story. |
0:25.1 | In each episode, you'll hear a different storyteller share a moment in their life where everything changed. |
0:30.1 | Recently, WNBA player A.D. shared an incredible heartfelt story about finding happiness in purpose |
0:36.1 | when chronic illness took them away from their main passion. |
0:38.7 | Basketball. |
0:39.7 | This and every episode of Meditative Story is in her spurs with mindfulness prompts to help you focus on what brings you joy. |
0:46.2 | So take a moment to find Meditative Story and follow the show. |
0:49.5 | Each weekly episode will give you a new opportunity to find inspiration wherever you listen to your podcasts. |
1:06.2 | The big reason I make this podcast is to let you in on all the scientific research that can help you lead a happier life. |
1:11.7 | We're currently working super hard on the next full season of the show, |
1:15.2 | which will have the same mix of experts, empirical data, and real-life stories that you've come to expect. |
1:20.7 | Season 2 will be out this spring. |
1:22.7 | But I wanted to mark the passing of 2019 and the beginning of a whole new decade |
1:27.2 | with at least a few tips for how to make the most of the new year and beyond. |
1:31.5 | Now, you're going to hear the phrase New Year, New U, a lot this January. |
1:35.6 | And you probably think it's a marketing gimmick. |
1:37.8 | One that's there to guilt you into signing up for some new gym or enrolling in a class you know you'll stop attending |
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