I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast. Making new friends and maintaining

old friendships is a great way to boost your happiness. But sadly, we don't always feel up

for being sociable. If I was approaching a stranger, my heart would raise,

I was gonna throw up, I just had so much anxiety around. So in a new season of the show,

I'll tackle how to make firm friendships firmer right through to the joy you can find

in talking to total strangers. I'm very much enjoying your animal print scarf, madam.

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This is Paris.

Hey guys, I'm just in the car on my way to the airport. I'm about to fly to New York for Fashion Week.

I'm so excited. Being there for Fashion Week is my favorite time of year, and I love that it

happens twice a year every September and every February, which is during my birthday, so that's

even more fun. But yeah, it's just great to be back. I'm so happy that shows are actually happening

and in person, and you know, all these virtual, like some people are doing virtual ones, but a lot

of them are going to be in real life, which is going to be a lot of fun. I'm going to Fashion Week

since I was a teenager. My sister and I would always get dressed up as like twins, or like in the

same print, or just something that looked very similar, or I would wear like the pink version,

and she would wear like the blue version. So that's something we did for many years,

since we were teens, especially with DVF and Diamond First and Bergs, iconic wrap dresses,

which we always loved. And yeah, so there's so many memories at Fashion Week, and my sister lives

in New York with my two nieces, who I'm obsessed with. So, you know, I've used to before, you know,

we grew up, and before she got married and had kids, we used to hang out every second,

and now it's hard, because she's my best friend, and she lives in New York, so I really just

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