In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, Dr. Laurie Santos, to talk about the small ways you can find more meaning in your job, and the adjustments that help increase our happiness and well being at work. 

00:00 Intro

00:44 Dr. Laurie Santos Intro

01:47 How much does your work factor into your overall happiness?

03:33 Dr. Santos’ take on the difference between how millennials and how Gen Z approach work

07:50 “Job crafting”

09:33 Remote vs in-office

12:30 How office perks impact happiness

14:46 How we can alter our relationship with time to increase our happiness

18:09 How “job crafting” is different from toxic positivity

22:47 The “GI Joe Fallacy”

25:50 Advice for working parents 

30:05 Dr. Laurie Santos’s personal happiness habits

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