John and Danny discuss the notion of a psychologically rich life. Unlike happy or meaningful lives, psychologically rich lives are characterised by complexity, in which people experience a variety of interesting things and feel and appreciate a variety of deep emotions via firsthand or vicarious experiences. We explore the work of Shigehiro Oishi and colleagues in this area and examine the ways we can all make psychological richness a bigger part of our day to day existence. There’s also a guest appearance by Micky Flanagan (sort of!).

The Psychologically Rich Life (Besser & Oishi, 2020): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09515089.2020.1778662

A Psychologically Rich Life: Beyond Happiness and Meaning (Oishi & Westgate, 2021): https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/rev-rev0000317.pdf

Micky Flanagan - Thick people on television: https://youtu.be/5GyUmJBqNus

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