Latest Podcast Episodes
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Good Life Project
The Meaning Trap-Why fulfillment and impact fall short
Jonathan Fields sits down with Dave Evans, coauthor of the bestseller “Designing Your Life” and cofounder of Stanford’s Life Design Lab, to explore why the pursuit of meaning can become frustrating.
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Office Hours
6 Financial Rules for Greater Happiness with Dave Ramsey
In this episode of Office Hours, Dr. Arthur Brooks talks with personal finance expert Dave Ramsey about why money alone doesn’t create happiness and how the way we use money shapes our well-being.
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The Happiness Lab
The Surprising Science of Creativity
In this episode of The Happiness Lab, Dr. Laurie Santos talks with creativity researcher Dr. George Newman about why creative breakthroughs rarely come from sudden inspiration and instead emerge through systematic exploration.
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Live Happy Now
What Happens in Vagus With Rebecca Kase
In this new episode of Live Happy Now, host Paula Felps is joined by trauma therapist, author, and polyvagal expert Rebecca Kase to unpack what the vagus nerve actually does and why it has become such a focus in conversations about well-being.
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The Happiness Lab
Why Chasing Success Can Leave You Feeling Stuck
In this new episode of The Happiness Lab, Dr. Laurie Santos sits with New York Times columnist David Brooks who reflects on why so many people feel stuck despite working hard and achieving conventional success.
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Office Hours
How to Set the Right Goals in Life
In this new episode host Dr. Arthur Brooks reflects on why goal-setting is often misunderstood and why it matters so deeply.
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The Happiness Podcast
The Myth of More: Why ‘Everything’ is Never Enough
In this episode of The Happiness Podcast, Dr. Robert Puff reflects on how the pursuit of “more” — better relationships, higher salaries, or dream homes — often fails to deliver lasting fulfillment, and why emptiness can follow us even after we reach our goals.
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Happier
How Do We Deal with the Loss of Our Beloved Father?
In this very personal episode, Gretchen Rubin and Elizabeth Craft talk about the recent death of their beloved father, Jack Craft, and reflect on what they’ve experienced and learned during this time of loss.
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Office Hours
3 Ways to Care Less About What People Think of You
In this new episode host Dr. Arthur Brooks, explores why concern about others’ opinions feels so powerful and how it quietly shapes our choices, behavior, and sense of self.
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The Happiness Lab
How to Bounce Back from life’s Curveballs
In this new episode of The Happiness Lab, Dr. Laurie Santos invites Dr. Maya Shankar—author of The Other Side of Change and host of A Slight Change of Plans— to talk about how to get unstuck in life and navigate major life disruptions such as breakups, job losses, and unexpected health diagnoses.