Positive Psychology

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The term positive psychology was popularized by doctor martin seligman, who felt that the contemporary psychology was just too deeply focused on what's flucked up about us. So it focuses on things like self discovery and a sense of purpose and expressing yourself through creativity and authentically. We'll get to more of that in a bit. But first, from small, hairy primates to larger, slightly less hairy primates like us. And where did you make that jump, from non human primates and dogs into humans? Did you find that a lot of the research just correlate based on what our brain structures are, how our neurons work? Well, it's interesting, th the work i was doing

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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