The Art of Happiness with Arthur Brooks
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Happiness from All Things New
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can variety and novelty bring us happiness? Is there ever too much of a good thing when it comes to new experiences? In this episode, Arthur and Ceci ...
Life After COVID
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Were you happy with your life pre-pandemic? Are there toxic relationships or draining activities that might be better left behind as we reemerge from ...
Designing Happiness
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People usually make two mistakes when it comes to their own happiness: First, they assume that happiness already exists, and they just have to go find...
Achieving Effortlessness and Greater Happiness
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you making your life harder than it needs to be? Satisfaction is one of the key macronutrients of happiness, but it can prove elusive. And it’s ...
How to Buy Happiness
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can money buy happiness? It’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of working more and more hours, chasing more and more money, in the hopes of getting ha...
Healing Collective Trauma
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meaning and purpose in life are key drivers of happiness. However, we know that to understand happiness, we must also understand unhappiness, as these...
How to Change Your Mind with Adam Grant
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How quick are you to rethink your opinions when presented with new information? Can changing your mind make you a happier person? In this episode, Art...
Overcoming a Fear of Failure
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you afraid of failure? Has it held you back from living your best life? You’re not alone. The fear of failure is on the rise. Why? In this episo...
Happiness through Voluntary Sacrifice
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Christians around the world have just entered the season of Lent, a time of prayer, fasting, and voluntary sacrifice. However, this practice isn’t l...
An Epidemic of Loneliness
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evidence shows that there’s more loneliness and isolation in the United States than ever before. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has even said t...
Stoicism and Living a Balanced Life
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A happy life requires a mix of enjoyment and purpose. How can you achieve this balance in your own life? In this episode, Arthur is joined by founder ...
Sharing Happiness
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a simple three-part formula for improving your happiness: understand the science behind it, apply that information to your life, and share t...
New Year’s Resolutions
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s your new year’s resolution? Is it the right one? Research shows that between one-third and one-half of Americans make new year’s resoluti...
Learning to Love the Holidays
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you always a little blue around the holidays? Or perhaps, like many, you’re just finding it hard to get into the holiday spirit during this diff...
Your Body, Your Health, and Your Happiness
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has brought life to a standstill for many, not just economically, but physically, as well. Polling data reveals that Americans are plague...
Life: Part 2
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the Western world, we have celebrations to mark life events in the first half of our lives—graduations, weddings, baby showers—but, we don’t ...
Curbing Post-Election Suffering
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The happiness effect of competitive elections is real: Losing an election hurts. In fact, research shows that in presidential elections, having your c...
Politics and Unhappiness
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With Election Day looming, it’s hard to tune out the nonstop political coverage across all platforms—from cable news to social media. Can you pay ...
Happy Monkey
10 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you struggling to find peace in your life? Does the future seem grim? Tibetan Buddhists attribute this sense of restlessness and pessimism to your...
Searching for Spirituality
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The evidence is clear that people find happiness and greater life satisfaction in faith and spirituality. But what do you do if you have no experience...
The Falling Tides of Life
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we enter a new season, we’re facing the reality that the pandemic is not a temporary affliction, but an involuntary transition from one way of li...
A Look into Your Future
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you had the ability to predict how people’s actions in their 20s or 30s would affect their lives in their 70s and 80s. You’d have a pretty...
Overcoming the Success Addiction
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Would you rather be special, than happy? If so, you might be a success addict. In this episode, Arthur and Ceci discuss why success can be so addictiv...
Managing Transitions in Life
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus epidemic and the residual economic effects are spurring life transitions for a lot of people, from small changes to more dramatic “l...
Curing the Epidemic of Fear
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What are you afraid of? We’re facing a fear epidemic in America, and it’s not just due to the coronavirus. In this episode, Arthur and Ceci take a...
The Good Side of Bad Feelings
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We all have the tendency to want to avoid bad feelings—pain, anger, sadness, and disgust. But is it right to simply push them away? In this episode,...
Happiness from Eastern Wisdom
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To be effective in your life and work, you must be willing to expand your happiness horizons beyond your own culture. In Arthur’s own life, he’s o...
Love Your Enemies
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when the world is on fire? Drawing on lessons from his national bestseller, Love Your Enemies, in this episode, Arthur shares some reco...
Meaning and Purpose in Life and Work
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Although this graduation season looks much different than years past, 2020 graduates are still faced with the same question that we’ve all had to an...
Building a Lifetime of Happiness
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does happiness change over a lifetime? What common mistakes do successful people make when faced with professional decline? In this episode, Arthu...
Three Equations for a Happy Life
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What better time to contemplate our lives more deeply and reflect on the true sources of happiness than in the midst of global pandemic? In this episo...
Love In The Time of Corona
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus and weeks of social isolation, many people are feeling anxious and grappling with loneliness. In the inaugural ep...