Dr. Laurie Santos

So, I mean, I think one thing that helps me is recognizing that if if I want to be the kind of person who's an ally for all that stuff, all the yucky stuff in the world who wants to have the resilience to fix it.

So, I mean, I think one thing that helps me is recognizing that if if I want to be the kind of person who's an ally for all that stuff, all the yucky stuff in the world who wants to have the resilience to fix it.

So, I mean, I think one thing that helps me is recognizing that if if I want to be the kind of person who's an ally for all that stuff, all the yucky stuff in the world who wants to have the resilience to fix it.

i'm not going to be able to do that if i'm incredibly anxious and overwhelmed and burnt out i'm going to be able to do that best if i'm really in a happy state if i'm really kind of feeling good like if i kind of have put my own oxygen mask on first right and in fact there's evidence that so many of the things we were talking about that are parts of a happy life help for doing hard things.

i'm not going to be able to do that if i'm incredibly anxious and overwhelmed and burnt out i'm going to be able to do that best if i'm really in a happy state if i'm really kind of feeling good like if i kind of have put my own oxygen mask on first right and in fact there's evidence that so many of the things we were talking about that are parts of a happy life help for doing hard things.

i'm not going to be able to do that if i'm incredibly anxious and overwhelmed and burnt out i'm going to be able to do that best if i'm really in a happy state if i'm really kind of feeling good like if i kind of have put my own oxygen mask on first right and in fact there's evidence that so many of the things we were talking about that are parts of a happy life help for doing hard things.

My favorite one is that people who are grateful are better at what's called self-regulation. They're better at, you know, doing the hard thing today to help their future self, whether that's, you know, saving for retirement or eating healthier or, you know, putting work into hard, scary problems like that just require a lot of hard, scary work.

My favorite one is that people who are grateful are better at what's called self-regulation. They're better at, you know, doing the hard thing today to help their future self, whether that's, you know, saving for retirement or eating healthier or, you know, putting work into hard, scary problems like that just require a lot of hard, scary work.

My favorite one is that people who are grateful are better at what's called self-regulation. They're better at, you know, doing the hard thing today to help their future self, whether that's, you know, saving for retirement or eating healthier or, you know, putting work into hard, scary problems like that just require a lot of hard, scary work.

And so for me, it's made me feel like if I want the world to be a better place, I can't afford to be down in the dumps freaking out about it. I really need to put energy into doing these practices for myself so that I'll be hopefully one of the people that has the bandwidth to help with some of this stuff.

And so for me, it's made me feel like if I want the world to be a better place, I can't afford to be down in the dumps freaking out about it. I really need to put energy into doing these practices for myself so that I'll be hopefully one of the people that has the bandwidth to help with some of this stuff.

And so for me, it's made me feel like if I want the world to be a better place, I can't afford to be down in the dumps freaking out about it. I really need to put energy into doing these practices for myself so that I'll be hopefully one of the people that has the bandwidth to help with some of this stuff.

So far from feeling guilty, I feel like we might want to feel guilty for the opposite thing, right? You know, do what we can to kind of fix things. It really does require not just working on these structures, but working on our emotions so that we have the bandwidth to fix those structures that might be messed up.

So far from feeling guilty, I feel like we might want to feel guilty for the opposite thing, right? You know, do what we can to kind of fix things. It really does require not just working on these structures, but working on our emotions so that we have the bandwidth to fix those structures that might be messed up.

So far from feeling guilty, I feel like we might want to feel guilty for the opposite thing, right? You know, do what we can to kind of fix things. It really does require not just working on these structures, but working on our emotions so that we have the bandwidth to fix those structures that might be messed up.

There's lots and lots of good things. But, you know, if I have to shift towards negativity, you know, I would say the hardest thing is that, you know, one of the things I really try to pay attention to is this phenomenon of time affluence, the subjective sense that I have a lot of free time.

There's lots and lots of good things. But, you know, if I have to shift towards negativity, you know, I would say the hardest thing is that, you know, one of the things I really try to pay attention to is this phenomenon of time affluence, the subjective sense that I have a lot of free time.

There's lots and lots of good things. But, you know, if I have to shift towards negativity, you know, I would say the hardest thing is that, you know, one of the things I really try to pay attention to is this phenomenon of time affluence, the subjective sense that I have a lot of free time.

And being a happiness guru, especially in an age where there's a lot of bad stuff going on in a global pandemic, it keeps me pretty busy because, you know, a lot of people want advice, a lot of people want help. And that means I have to put a lot of work in to protect my time. So the hardest thing is protecting my time in the midst of everything else going on. I can totally understand that.

And being a happiness guru, especially in an age where there's a lot of bad stuff going on in a global pandemic, it keeps me pretty busy because, you know, a lot of people want advice, a lot of people want help. And that means I have to put a lot of work in to protect my time. So the hardest thing is protecting my time in the midst of everything else going on. I can totally understand that.