Oh, hello, 2024 Allie here. This is an encore while I am napping in a human-sized dog bed in front of a fireplace for the holidays. What a way to start 2025, folks. I wanted you to have this episode at the beginning of January. This is a reminder of scientifically what actually makes us happy and keeps us happy. We all need this one. Please enjoy. I love it. I'm

happy to have you listen. Oh, hey, it's that guy who saw you see him bump his head and then you

smiled at each other like, that's okay. Allie Ward. Back with an episode of Ologies. It's going to

fix your whole life. Just kidding. Actually, maybe not. It very well might fix your life. I love

the life fixer episodes. And this ologist is someone I've had in my sights for a few years.

We mentioned her work in the awesomology episode with Neil Pazericha. And instead of just citing her,

we're essentially interrogating her now to shake her for brain science.

So she got her bachelor's in psychology and her master's and PhD in cognition and brain behavior from Harvard University and is now a cognitive scientist and a psychology professor at Yale

where she has taught the course, Psychology and the Good Life. Oh, she's been a

TED speaker. She was named one of Time Magazine's leading campus celebrities, and she hosts a podcast

called The Happiness Lab. So it's been a wonky few years, we all know. And as one person who

wrote a review this week of Ologies said, it always brings a smile to my face when I hear

people talk about their passions. I'm grateful every day for Ologies and giving me my life back.

AJ Buxton, who left that review, I'm very glad you're here. Thank you for leaving that fresh one.

And a 2024 reviewer, V Farm, who wrote that without fail, my favorite episodes are those on

topics I had

no interest in y'all, vampires, trees, garr, brilliantly unenthusiastic sounding crab experts,

there's nothing quite so wonderful. Thank you, V-Farm, for getting it. And thanks to everyone

who leaves me reviews. They keep the show up in the charts. They keep me from crying on days that are challenging.

Also, heads up, if you prefer podcasts without swearing, we have a slew of them.

They're called Smologies, and you can subscribe to Smologies now.

Wherever you get podcasts, they're in their own separate feed in case you need to listen while you carpool to school.

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