The Wanting System Can Update

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How do we trick ourselves into doing the thing that we don't think tht we want to do and is good for us? Ye, well, there'sh you know, there's two ways to do it. The force your self approach works best if it's pared with the second practice, which is forcing yourself to notice what you like. Cause the wanting system can update. It just doesn't do it naturally. But after a really hard yoga class, or after calling that friend when you didn't feel like it, take time to notice, like, does this good? And you'r like, ya, this actually feels nice.

HAPPINESS RESEARCH, straight up. What is happiness? How do our circumstances affect happiness? Why is the word “gratitude” kinda cringey? What can we do to feel better? Should we feel guilty for feeling happy? When is positivity “toxic?” Yale cognitive scientist, Eudemonologist, and host of The Happiness Lab podcast Dr. Laurie Santos chats about how scientists measure human happiness and what their research has shown helps achieve it, even during the worst of times. Also: silver medal face & countering counterfactuals, which will make sense when you listen.

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