How to Find True and Lasting Happiness & The ...

Being a perfectionist sounds like a good thing. You have high standards, pay attention to details, and want to do things right. What's wrong with that? As it turns out, quite a lot. Perfectionism can actually work against you, causing you to procrastinate, obsess over mistakes, a ...  Show more

Have you ever noticed that when two people walk together, they often fall into step without even trying? Or that people in conversation sometimes begin to mirror each other's movements? Humans have a curious tendency to synchronize with one another, often without realizing it. Wh ...  Show more

Is it possible to become happier? How much of your happiness has to do with genetics, social connection, comparison to other people, your balance of optimism vs pessimism, and whether it would be useful to keep a journal of your life? Join Eagleman this week with Bruce Hood, expe ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailAre you trying to find happiness? What if it does not work like that? In this podcast, we cover the elusive nature of happy and why it is impossible to feel happy all the time. Here we discuss how happiness might actually work and the ways in which we might want t ...  Show more

Every month, "How to be happy" is searched 45 million times on Google. We all want happiness, yet so many struggle to find it. With anxiety and depression on the rise, what’s holding us back? This week, Dr. David Hamilton — a pharmaceutical scientist, with PhD in organic chemistr ...  Show more