Dr. Laurie Santos

Are you experiencing lots of negative emotion?

Are you experiencing lots of negative emotion?

Ideally, we'd have the ratio of positive to negative feeling pretty good.

Ideally, we'd have the ratio of positive to negative feeling pretty good.

This is what scientists call the affective or the emotional part of your happiness.

This is what scientists call the affective or the emotional part of your happiness.

But there's a second part too, which is how you think your life is going.

But there's a second part too, which is how you think your life is going.

This is what researchers call the cognitive part of happiness.

This is what researchers call the cognitive part of happiness.

All things considered, are you satisfied with your life?

All things considered, are you satisfied with your life?

Do you have meaning and purpose?

Do you have meaning and purpose?

Do you think things are going well?

Do you think things are going well?

And like best case scenario, both of these are going up.

And like best case scenario, both of these are going up.

You kind of feel good in your life, lots of positive emotions, laughter, joy, contentment, and so on.

You kind of feel good in your life, lots of positive emotions, laughter, joy, contentment, and so on.