Help Others to Help Yourself

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 14.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

College student Liam Elkind studied happiness in the class taught by Dr Laurie Santos. When the Covid 19 crisis hit, he knew exactly what to do to fight the negative emotions this pandemic arouses in us all - he helped set up a volunteer group called Invisible Hands to support vulnerable neighbors.

Compassion expert David DeSteno explains why helping others can improve our own wellbeing while protecting us from emotional burnout. And with a guided meditation Dr Santos shows that compassion is thing we can nurture and develop.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:07.0	How does AI even work?
0:12.0	Where does creativity come from?
0:14.0	What's the secret to living longer?
0:16.0	Ted RadioHour explores the biggest questions
0:19.0	with some of the world's greatest thinkers.
0:21.0	They will surprise, challenge, and even change you.
0:25.0	Listen to NPR's Ted RadioHour,
0:27.0	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Welcome to a special set of episodes of The Happiness Lab.
0:34.0	The now global spread of coronavirus is affecting all of us.
0:38.0	This disease has brought a host of medical, economic, and political problems.
0:43.0	But it's also given us a ton of uncertainty and anxiety,
0:46.0	which are beginning to have an enormous negative impact on our collective while being.
0:51.0	But whenever I'm confused or fearful,
0:53.0	I remember that looking for answers in evidence-based science is always the best way to go.
0:58.0	And that's where I'm hoping this podcast can help.
1:03.0	It's really hard to escape bad news right now.
1:06.0	As infection rates continue to rise,
1:08.0	and the number of deaths from COVID-19 mount,
1:11.0	it's easy to become overwhelmed by doom and gloom, and also cynicism.
1:16.0	We've all heard of our fellow citizens selfishly hoarding vital supplies,
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