Ask Unladylike: Happiness vs. Toxic Positivity
Unladylike
Unladylike Media
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Where's the line between fostering happiness and just forcing women to smile all the time? Yale psychologist and the host of The Happiness Lab podcast, Laurie Santos, breaks down the facts and fictions of how to get happier.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:04.0 | Forget the troubles, come on and get happy |
| 0:07.0 | You're bad to chase off your cares away |
| 0:10.0 | Shall I move your come on and get happy |
| 0:12.0 | Get ready for the judgement day |
| 0:15.0 | Music |
| 0:34.0 | Well, hey, Kristen. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, hello, Caroline. |
| 0:37.0 | And hello to all y'all out there. |
| 0:40.0 | Today, it is our second installment of Ask Unlady Lake. |
| 0:44.0 | Where we answer your burning questions about complicated friendships, uncomfortable family issues, toxic workplaces, and dealing with failings. |
| 0:54.0 | Yeah, you know, it's just like the old saying, if Google can't answer it, ask a lady like. |
| 1:02.0 | Yes, exactly. I have a pillow with that cross stitched on it, actually. |
| 1:06.0 | Watch out home goods. |
| 1:08.0 | This episode we are pursuing happiness, which is way easier said than done. |
| 1:15.0 | So we've called in the big guns or should I say the Ivy League guns? |
| 1:21.0 | More like the Ivy League brains? |
| 1:24.0 | Yes, yes. |
| 1:26.0 | Our expert advice guide is Yale Cognitive Scientist, Psychology Professor, and host of the Happiness Lab podcast, Dr. Laurie Santos. |
| 1:35.0 | Laurie also created a whole course called The Science of Wellbeing and get this y'all. |
| 1:42.0 | It is Yale's most popular class ever. |
| 1:46.0 | I mean, that is incredible. |
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