Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah

Buying something new can trigger a rush of dopamine, leading to a momentary boost in happiness. But the rush is fleeting, and over time, our possessions can end up weighing us down more than they lift us up. As part of our series on spring cleaning your wellbeing, Dr. Laurie expl ...  Show more

Our surroundings affect our happiness in ways we often don’t notice. The layout of a room, the amount of clutter in our home, and even small changes to lighting can shape our mood, focus, and relationships. As The Happiness Lab continues its spring cleaning series, Dr. Laurie sit ...  Show more

Do you seek more purpose & meaning in your life?

Joining Sarah Grynberg this week is pioneering speaker, educator and mentor, Rabbi Simon Jacobson who leads the Meaningful Life Center aiming to bridge the secular and spiritual worlds, presenting the universal teachi ...

Cleo Wade is joined today by Cole Arthur Riley to discuss her new book— Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human—and her personal journey through spirituality. Riley shares what led her to write a prayer book that embraces questioning as part of faith an ...  Show more

“How are you going to live your life in a way that is kind, and loving, and honest, and with integrity?” asks Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter for Michelle and Barack Obama and author of Here All Along. In her new book, Hurwitz rediscovered Judaism for herself, and today she sh ...  Show more

Sharon-Salzberg the one you feed  This week we talk to Sharon Salzberg about the essential questionSharon Salzberg is one of the worlds best know Buddhist teachers and has been leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. She teaches both intensive awareness practice (vipass ...  Show more