Money and Happiness: Building (and Buying) Your Happiness

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It’s here at last: This episode, the simple formula to your happier, more prosperous life will finally be revealed! Just kidding. Turns out, happiness is work. But you can take steps to improve your levels of happiness and the role money plays in shaping your happiness. To round out this Nerdy deep dive into money and happiness, Sean talks with Dan Harris of “Ten Percent Happier"; University of California, Berkeley professor and host of “The Science of Happiness” podcast Dacher Keltner; and financial therapist Ashley Agnew. They explore what it means to define your own happiness and how you can use your money to build a happier life. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	What if you had the tools to build and maintain a happy life, personally and financially?
0:35.6	Would you change the way you live your life? And what would you be
0:39.3	willing to sacrifice to be in a better place with your money and your emotions?
0:44.2	Life is not predictable. Most things are not in your control. But can you learn over time to get more
0:53.0	supple and skillful at surfing the waves rather than drowning in
0:59.6	them. And that all speaks to this notion of happiness being a skill that is developed all the
1:06.3	time throughout your life. You can just keep getting better and better at this.
1:23.8	Music throughout your life you can just keep getting better and better at this. Welcome to the Nerd Wallet Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles. And I'm Sarah Raffner.
1:28.3	So, Sean, over the past few weeks, you've taken us on a journey into the depths of our
1:33.3	souls and our bank accounts.
1:35.3	And it's all been leading to this moment.
1:38.3	You're going to finally unveil what it takes to have a happy and healthy relationship with money.
1:43.3	Let's do it. Let's solve all the
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