The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale -- the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history -- Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness.
Latest Episode
How to Bounce Back from Life’s Curveballs (with Dr. Maya Shankar) (12.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- Stop Wasting Your Energy — Here’s What to Do Instead (with Dr. Diana Hill)
- From Decoding Women's Health: Decoding Happiness in Midlife
- Holiday Survival Guide II: Perfect Gifts and Fighting Fatigue (with Rainn Wilson)
- Holiday Survival Guide I: Ending Family Arguments (with Rainn Wilson)
- How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now
- Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run)
- Reset Your Relationship with Stress (for National Stress Awareness Day)
- How Horror Movies and True Crime Can Make You Happier
- Make Vulnerability Your Superpower (with NBA star Kevin Love)
- How to Make Better Choices (with Barry Schwartz)
- Take a Three-Day Weekend Without Losing Any Pay (with Juliet Schor)
- How to Spend Your Time and Money Better (with Nobel Prize Winner Richard Thaler)
- Eat Like the People Who Live Happily to 100 (with Dan Buettner)
- Why Having the Courage to Defy Makes us Happier (with Dr Sunita Sah)
- Stop Caring What Other People Think of You (Bruce Hood on 10% Happier with Dan Harris)
- “Can You Train Your Mind to Be Happier?” (with Dr Tal Ben-Shahar)
- "Human Minds Are Stupid!" (with Rich Roll)
- The Joy of Not Being Dead (with Ryan Holiday on The Daily Stoic)
- Anyone Can Play, Anyone Can Win (Cornholing with Michelle Hastie Thompson)
- The Jimi Hendrix of the Cello (with Joshua Roman)
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