lyke: We have so much evidence that feeling like you're connected with other people can be huge for people's well being. During the pandemic, a group of women oncollegists did something called the winter warrior challenge. Lyke: Even though my students had taken off and felt a little bit more lonely than usual on campus, i was around my husband a lot more. But we might be starting to take for granted how good that was right now.
Covid brought disruption and despair... but it also caused many of us to think about our lives and what is most important to us. Listener Dr Amy Comander, Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, wants to know how we can apply lessons from the pandemic to improve our happiness as we return to normalcy.
Amy helps teach cancer survivors wellbeing tips - and also happens to be an old college lab partner of Dr Laurie Santos - so we invited her to host this episode and quiz Laurie on how to lead a happier post-pandemic life.
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