Happiness 2.0: The Path to Contentment

What’s the difference between being loved and feeling loved? Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky joins us to discuss the distinction, and how we can create a stronger feeling of closeness in our relationships. Then, in our latest installment of Your Questions Answered, psychologist Gr ...  Show more

Does power truly flow from the barrel of a gun? Pop culture and conventional history often teach us that violence is the most effective way to produce change. But is that common assumption actually true? Political scientist Erica Chenoweth, who has studied more than 100 years of ...  Show more

Life can be challenging and hard at times.  How to find happiness, no matter what is going on in our lives, is the focus of this episode.  Learn very specific tools for finding happiness now.   To visit the Happiness Podcast, go to: http://www.HappinessPodcast.org    To learn more ...  Show more

Are you happy? 79% of people believe that happiness comes from things like money and fame, but long-lasting happiness is developed from maintaining a higher sense of well-being. Happiness can be challenging to locate and hold onto if it's easily unhinged, so the key is understand ...  Show more

Do we ever stop to wonder where our moments of joy and happiness come from during our daily routine? Today's podcast episode aims to explore this thought-provoking question. We're taking a break from the usual rush to understand our emotions better. We'll find out that the sourc ...  Show more

Have you ever wondered: What does it mean to be truly happy? Can our brain chemistry, or even our genetics, determine how we feel about our lives? And, most importantly, can we learn to be even happier? Cognitive scientist and Yale University Psychology Professor Laurie Santos ha ...  Show more