Sonja Lyubomirsky

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TED Talks Daily · 1 thing you can do today to be happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky · 3 Feb 2026 podcast

So ask questions, show curiosity, and then you share, right?

So you share, but start small, right?

You don't want to just immediately reveal a secret or something.

So maybe it's like when someone asks you, how are you?

Instead of saying, fine, you might say something a little bit deeper.

It could be, oh, I'm having a rough day, or this thing happened today, or give them your true opinion about the movie that everyone else likes.

Maybe you're like, I didn't really love that movie, right?

So it doesn't have to be your deepest trauma that you share.

So pacing is really critical because if you share too deep too fast, everyone's walls will come right back up again.

Because again, the goal is to sort of try to lower your wall a little bit and then help the other person lower their walls a little bit by showing curiosity in them and by truly listening to their response after you ask them a question.

Oh, something that no one's ever thought of, something that's unconventional.

I feel like most ideas are just like I've heard before over and over again.

Sure.

One thing I would say, the ritual should be all the time, not just New Year's.

Mine is that I often wake up with a little bit of anxiety.

So I'm creating kind of a gratitude ritual when I first wake up to kind of combat that little bit of anxiety in the morning.

Oh my gosh.

Okay, I think, okay, mine would be the greatest thing in the world is cuddling.

I love cuddling.

Oh, you're a cuddler.

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