Dr. Laurie Santos

Maybe you get a teeny bump, maybe, maybe not. But like if you just wrote down three things you're grateful for, that would work way more effectively. Like we know that empirically.

Yeah, there's also different spots online where you can do that. In fact, Marty Seligman, who we mentioned, this founder of positive psychology, has a website called Authentic Happiness. If you kind of Google the Authentic Happiness test.

Yeah, there's also different spots online where you can do that. In fact, Marty Seligman, who we mentioned, this founder of positive psychology, has a website called Authentic Happiness. If you kind of Google the Authentic Happiness test.

Yeah, there's also different spots online where you can do that. In fact, Marty Seligman, who we mentioned, this founder of positive psychology, has a website called Authentic Happiness. If you kind of Google the Authentic Happiness test.

You know, you don't need a fancy test. It's really kind of all things considered. How happy are you with your life? I mean, this is the beauty. There's not for better or for worse. There's not a thermometer that we can use for happiness as scientists where we put it in like, boop, you're 98.6, you know, happy. You know, you just have to answer it for yourself.

You know, you don't need a fancy test. It's really kind of all things considered. How happy are you with your life? I mean, this is the beauty. There's not for better or for worse. There's not a thermometer that we can use for happiness as scientists where we put it in like, boop, you're 98.6, you know, happy. You know, you just have to answer it for yourself.

You know, you don't need a fancy test. It's really kind of all things considered. How happy are you with your life? I mean, this is the beauty. There's not for better or for worse. There's not a thermometer that we can use for happiness as scientists where we put it in like, boop, you're 98.6, you know, happy. You know, you just have to answer it for yourself.

And that kind of feels, you know, a little bit not as legit scientifically. But in practice, that's what we're really trying to get at. We're trying to get at your own perception of how things are going. And if things are going well, then they're going well.

And that kind of feels, you know, a little bit not as legit scientifically. But in practice, that's what we're really trying to get at. We're trying to get at your own perception of how things are going. And if things are going well, then they're going well.

And that kind of feels, you know, a little bit not as legit scientifically. But in practice, that's what we're really trying to get at. We're trying to get at your own perception of how things are going. And if things are going well, then they're going well.

Yeah, it's really hard to ask animals about their happiness because, you know, I can do the self-report measure with you. It's harder to do that with a banana slug or a bonobo or something. Physiologically, we know they go through a lot of the same states as humans, but it's hard to know for sure if those physiological states correlate with this subjective state.

Yeah, it's really hard to ask animals about their happiness because, you know, I can do the self-report measure with you. It's harder to do that with a banana slug or a bonobo or something. Physiologically, we know they go through a lot of the same states as humans, but it's hard to know for sure if those physiological states correlate with this subjective state.

Yeah, it's really hard to ask animals about their happiness because, you know, I can do the self-report measure with you. It's harder to do that with a banana slug or a bonobo or something. Physiologically, we know they go through a lot of the same states as humans, but it's hard to know for sure if those physiological states correlate with this subjective state.

I only know that you have the subjective state because you tell me. And so even though everything we can objectively look at, like suggest that it, you know, we're feeling the same thing subjectively, it's really hard to know for sure.

I only know that you have the subjective state because you tell me. And so even though everything we can objectively look at, like suggest that it, you know, we're feeling the same thing subjectively, it's really hard to know for sure.

I only know that you have the subjective state because you tell me. And so even though everything we can objectively look at, like suggest that it, you know, we're feeling the same thing subjectively, it's really hard to know for sure.

I think anxious people can definitely be happy. I think there are a lot of strategies we can use to regulate and allow our anxiety. I think part of the problem with anxiety is that we try to run away from it, that we try to avoid it at all costs. But that's yet another emotion that I think we can kind of sit with. feeling really anxious right now. It's an eight out of 10.

I think anxious people can definitely be happy. I think there are a lot of strategies we can use to regulate and allow our anxiety. I think part of the problem with anxiety is that we try to run away from it, that we try to avoid it at all costs. But that's yet another emotion that I think we can kind of sit with. feeling really anxious right now. It's an eight out of 10.

I think anxious people can definitely be happy. I think there are a lot of strategies we can use to regulate and allow our anxiety. I think part of the problem with anxiety is that we try to run away from it, that we try to avoid it at all costs. But that's yet another emotion that I think we can kind of sit with. feeling really anxious right now. It's an eight out of 10.

You can sort of surf that anxiety urge and get to the other side and then do some work to sort of nurture yourself. So I think you can be anxious and happy, just like you can be sad and happy and you can be angry and happy. You know, to have a truly happy life requires experiencing all those emotions, but finding ways to kind of navigate them so they don't take over.