#232 Happiness - Happier in 12 Minutes

We live in a world obsessed with physical fitness. We spend hours at the gym, carefully track our diets, and celebrate the visible muscles in the mirror, but how much time do we spend actively developing our inner selves? In this episode, we are going to explore the forgotten art ...  Show more

Recently, the legendary entertainer Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday, and when asked for his secret to a long life, he didn't credit a strict diet or an intense workout routine. He attributed his century of life to maintaining a positive outlook and making a conscious ...  Show more

Today’s guest is Dr. Laurie Santos who's a professor of psychology and head of Silliman College at Yale University. Dr. Santos is an expert on human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. Her course, Psychology and the Good Life, teaches students what the ...  Show more

What is the "highest happiness," and what can we do to achieve it? This is the second conversation with Dr. Hanson related to his new book Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness. Today we're focusing on the final four practices in t ...  Show more

Bob Waldinger's publicist used these words to describe him - "warm and humble." That can be hard to find… and I knew I wanted him to be our guest here on SelfWork. He has plenty of things he could crow about (as we’d say in Arkansas). He’s a Harvard professor, 20-year director of ...  Show more

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, Mitopure, Nordic Naturals, and Apollo. We are a culture obsessed with happiness, except we’ve been going about it all wrong. Before I became a doctor, I actually studied Buddhism. I wanted to understand the root of human suffering, a ...  Show more