Psychology and the Good Life
Episodes
Feeling the Good Life
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last week, we're talking about feelings and emotions and how they connect with the good life.
The Best is Yet to Come
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is it! The final episode! Congrats to all! In the last episode, we look back and we look forward to life lived well.
Strategies for Success
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up our week on achievement with some strategies for successful goal striving.
Need to Achieve
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss our need to achieve and what it means for the good life and I interview Dr. Josh Ode about goals, achievement, and identit...
Engage!
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're getting into the flow and making things happen! It's time to engage the good life!
Engaging the Good Life
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The good life is not for the faint hearted" but it is for the intrepid, for those who engage it. We'll discuss the benefits of engagement in the good...
Purposeful Pivots
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are continuing to talk about about meaning and purpose in the good life. In this episode, I speak with a non-traditional student who reflects on th...
Mental Health and Meaning
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode focusing on meaning and the good life, I speak with Dr. Travis Pashak about clinical psychology, existentialism, meaning making, ...
Friends, Lovers, and Coworkers
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up our mini-series on relationships with friends, lovers, and coworkers.
Family
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of a new mini-series, we explore the impact of families on the good life.
Movement
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of our mini-series on the mind-body connection for the good life, we discuss movement.
Nutrition
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of the three-part mini-series on the mind-body connect, we discuss nutrition's role in the good life.
Modern Perspectives
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we transition from philosophy to modern psychological science in search of the good life.
A Long History
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore some of the philosophical and religious traditions in understanding the good life. I speak with Dr. Cory Potter (host of t...
Sleep and The Good Life
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore sleep and how it influences the aspects of the good life as outlined in the PERMA model of flourishing.
Introductions
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's get to know one another and learn about this course.