The Science of a Happy and Meaningful Life ft. Dacher Keltner

Food, We Need To Talk

Juna Gjata

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Health

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever wondered what science has to tell us about being more fulfilled, feeling more joy, and living a good life, this is the episode for you. Today, we talk to happiness researcher and professor Dacher Keltner, from the University of California Berkeley and founding director of the Greater Good Science Center. How much money makes us happy? Is it harder to be happier today than it used to be? And what can we do to live a more meaningful life?

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Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life

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0:00.0	So I know we've just finished the big New Year's rush.
0:05.0	That was exhausting.
0:07.0	That was a lot.
0:08.0	It was a lot, guys.
0:09.0	Now maybe the parking spots at my jam will be opening up.
0:13.0	Right.
0:14.0	That's the only plus side of New Year's being over.
0:16.0	But I thought that today we could do a deeper dive into the reason that we set all of our New Year's resolutions and goals in the first place.
0:23.0	I know to be able to write a really motivational Facebook post for our friends to see.
0:28.0	Exactly, guys, to be the Facebook inspo for everybody in your contact now.
0:33.0	Not really, huh?
0:34.0	No, I think a lot of us set goals because we think it's the way to make us happy, right?
0:39.0	Like that's why we want to eat better or like be a certain way, have certain things I need to have.
0:43.0	I want to be happier.
0:44.0	I want to be happier.
0:45.0	I need to be happier.
0:46.0	So I thought why not dive into what science says about it?
0:50.0	You mean there's a science of happiness?
0:52.0	Guys, there's actually a science for everything.
0:54.0	Like literally everything has a science.
0:56.0	So on today's episode, we're going to be talking all about the science of happiness.
1:00.0	What truly makes us happy?
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