Perennial Wisdom

Ken Sheldon | Making Sense of Free Will


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In this episode, my guest is Ken Sheldon, the author of Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live. Ken is a professor of psychology at the University of Missouri. He is one of the founding researchers of positive psychology and a recipient of the Templeton Foundation Positive Psychology Prize.


 In this episode, expect to learn about:

  • What it means to have free will.
  • The downsides of a deterministic worldview.
  • Happiness and self-determination theory.
  • How to practice self-compassion. 
  • Wisdom in daily life and much more.

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