To summarize and simplify a little bit, one of the major focuses of this podcast is the “how” of happiness – what we can actually do in our lives, practically speaking, to increase our natural foundation of happiness and well-being.

There’s endless advice out there about how to become happier, but most of it is anecdotal in nature. That’s why we're so happy to be being joined today by one of the leading researchers on the scientific study of human happiness: Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky.

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Timestamps:

01:06: The “pie chart” of happiness.

04:52: What push-back have you received on your work?

06:49: What has a big role in the 40% of our happiness we control?

12:34: What can we do to handle “back-fre” effects?

14:26: Building the trait of happiness.

21:35: A message to your younger self.

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