I don't think people are resting on their laurels hoping happiness is going to show up.

I think people are actively working towards this stuff.

They're just kind of going at it the wrong way.

Hello and welcome to the Psychology Podcast.

Today we welcome Dr. Laurie Santos on the show.

Dr. Santos is a psychology professor and head of Sillman College at Yale University.

Her course Psychology in the Good Life

is Yale's most popular course in over 300 years and has been adapted into a three-core

Sarah program that has been taken by over 3.3 million people to date.

Dr. Santos is a winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching from institutions

such as Yale and the American Psychological Association.

She's also the podcast host of The Happiness Lab.

In this episode I talked to Dr. Santos about happiness.

People are unhappy not for lack of trying but it's because they're applying ineffective strategies.

Dr. Santos identifies some of the cognitive biases they can hinder our happiness.

There's no magical antidote to our problems but there are ways to boost

well-being in small but significant ways.

We also discuss resilience, social justice and mindfulness.

It was great to catch up with Laurie who I've known from my graduate school days.

I've long respected her work and it's been really great watching her amazing developmental

trajectory within her career. So that further ado I bring you Dr. Laurie Santos.

Laurie Santos, wow it's so great to have you on the psychology podcast.

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