There's lots of scientific work on happiness, but there are surprisingly few papers on fun. Catherine asked the fun squad to describe their own experiences with fun. She got back hundreds of examples. What I call true fun is the confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow.
Listener Natalie Robinson was worried she and her fellow running club members weren't having enough fun - life was just getting in the way. But what could she and her friends do? They found inspiration in the two episodes of The Happiness Lab dedicated to Dr Laurie Santos's own quest to regain the fun and playfulness of her youth.
So here's another opportunity to listen to part one of that story again.
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