Dr. Laurie Santos

I was this benevolent faculty person hanging out with these students and so many of them were struggling.

I was this benevolent faculty person hanging out with these students and so many of them were struggling.

And that felt particularly frustrating as a professor of psychology because our field has so many things that you can do to improve your life, to have better habits, to feel less stressed out.

And that felt particularly frustrating as a professor of psychology because our field has so many things that you can do to improve your life, to have better habits, to feel less stressed out.

And so I said, well, let me just develop a whole class where I teach students this practical advice that we get from my field.

And so I said, well, let me just develop a whole class where I teach students this practical advice that we get from my field.

I expected it to be popular, but I didn't know it was going to be so popular.

I expected it to be popular, but I didn't know it was going to be so popular.

We had to teach the class in a concert hall the first time I taught it because other than the football stadium was the only spot where we fit.

We had to teach the class in a concert hall the first time I taught it because other than the football stadium was the only spot where we fit.

But I think that's telling, right?

But I think that's telling, right?

I think it's important to notice college students are not liking the fact that so many of them are depressed and anxious.

I think it's important to notice college students are not liking the fact that so many of them are depressed and anxious.

They want evidence-based strategies to do better.

They want evidence-based strategies to do better.

Yeah, well, we have data on this, these like big national surveys that have been going on for decades now.

Yeah, well, we have data on this, these like big national surveys that have been going on for decades now.

Right now, young people's happiness is the worst it's ever been since we've been collecting data, which is pretty sad.

Right now, young people's happiness is the worst it's ever been since we've been collecting data, which is pretty sad.