will you get happier with age? (how to find purpose and happiness)

Teenager Therapy

Astrolescence & Joy Coalition

Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

does growing older just mean more worries, stress, and problems? or does aging come with more happiness and fulfillment in life? in this episode, we explore what it means to be happy, how to live a life with purpose, and how to face failure without letting it crush your spirit. we talked with people older than us and asked them about their own journey with happiness, failure, and purpose. so if you're worried about aging or making sure life goes the way you want, well, maybe it doesn’t actually matter that much in the end. You’ll find happiness anyways! Follow GrownKid on Instagram: @Grownk1d @_kaylasuarez @gaelaitor JOIN OUR SOCIAL CLUB IN LOS ANGELES: https://form.typeform.com/to/eBSho4lE Featured Guests: Betsey Johnson: American fashion designer & icon best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. Ellen Galinsky: Researcher and author known for her work in family-related studies, specifically parenthood and child-care. Laurie Santos: @lauriesantosofficial Yale Psychology professor and Host of The Happiness Lab, expert on happiness and well-being. About Our Partners: GrownKid is made possible by the Schultz Family Foundation, dedicated to helping young people unlock their full potential and successfully navigate to fulfilling careers. GrownKid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition where purpose driven content meets powerful storytelling. From 13 reasons Why to unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations and drive groundbreaking conversations. Interested in a career in mental health? Check out the Youth Mental Health Corps – a new program created by the Schultz Family Foundation, Pinterest and AmeriCorps - where anyone with a high school degree can gain experience, skills, and a credential during a year of paid service in the mental health field. Learn more at youthmentalhealthcorps.org Resources: The Human Condition: The Human Condition is a digital platform for mental health, personal growth and wellness. They strive to be a compelling, comprehensive resource for people who want to live healthier, more balanced, and more fulfilling lives. They equally and rigorously emphasize science, humanity, and compassion and offer practical tools to help people make informed decisions about their health and well-being in both personal and professional contexts. Action For Happiness: The mission of Action for Happiness is to help people create a happier world, with a culture that prioritises happiness and kindness. They do this by helping people get together regularly (face-to-face where possible) to learn evidence-based skills for happier living, feel a sense of belonging and commit to personal action to create more happiness, both for themselves and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Grown Kid is made possible by the Schultz Family Foundation,
0:06.0	dedicated to helping young people unlock their full potential and successfully navigate to fulfilling careers.
0:12.0	Grown Kid is made in partnership with Joy Coalition, where purpose-driven content means powerful storytelling.
0:17.0	From 13 reasons why to Unprisoned, Joy Coalition projects are made to bridge generations
0:22.2	and drive groundbreaking conversations.
0:28.5	Today's episode is for the grown kids who feel like life isn't going according to their plan
0:33.9	and feel like things are honestly kind of going to shit. It's for the ones that are looking for fulfillment outside of what society defines as success
0:42.3	and for those who want to find happiness beyond just your career and your job.
0:46.3	So we'll be exploring how do you find happiness and redefine success even when things don't go as planned.
0:52.3	To find out we'll hear stories of unexpected sources of joy,
0:55.4	the importance of changing your priorities,
0:57.5	and how valuable it is to fail and keep trying.
1:00.9	And to guide us along, we'll be talking with some pretty cool people.
1:04.0	First, we'll hear from fashion icon Betsy Johnson
1:06.5	and world-renowned researcher Ellen Galinsky.
1:09.4	And I know their resume sound so impressive, but in this episode, they'll be sharing their
1:13.8	insights as two people in their 80s.
1:16.7	And keep in mind, two very different people in their 80s, one being a fashion icon,
1:20.9	one being a researcher.
1:22.1	So you could imagine how that might have gone.
1:24.0	And then we'll talk with Laurie Santos, who's a Yale psychology professor known for
1:28.1	her popular course on the science of happiness. So let's get into the episode.
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