Ep 67: Kindness, Happiness, and Connection with Sonja Lyubomirsky

Do love, kindness, and altruism make us happier? How do we end the current loneliness epidemic? What is perceived partner responsiveness? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the psychologist and author Sonja Lyubomirsky on Kindness, Happiness, and Connection. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-67-kindness-happiness-and-connection-with-sonja-lyubomirsky/ Learn more about your guest below: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Originally from Russia, she received her bachelor's at Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from Stanford Unive rsity. Lyubomirsky currently teaches courses in social psychology and positive psychology and serves as the Department of Psychology’s Vice Chair. Her research has been written up in hundreds of magazines and newspapers and she has appeared in multiple TV shows, radio shows, and feature documentaries in North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. She is the best selling author of The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want, as well as  is now translated and published in 23 countries, and The Myths of Happiness: What Should Make You Happy, But Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t Make You Happy, But Does, which have been translated and published in dozens of countries. Learn more at  - http://drsonja.net/ - http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/ - http://thehowofhappiness.com/ - https://twitter.com/slyubomirsky Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Support The Show: If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course. https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach - Purchase The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/