Office Hours

Why do we sometimes pretend to be someone we’re not, even around the people closest to us?

Why do we stay up late even when we know we need sleep? In this episode of Office Hours, Dr. Arthur Brooks examines the science of sleep and its connection to health and happiness.

Anxiety is part of the brain’s natural alarm system, but when it becomes chronic, it can affect our physical and emotional well-being.

Painful memories can continue to influence how we experience life long after the original event has passed.

What happens when the abilities that helped us succeed professionally begin to decline?

In this special Office Hours episode, part of the Be Hope podcast takeover during the United Nations General Assembly, Arthur Brooks and Simon Sinek explore what it takes to sustain optimism and translate it into action.

Why can someone else’s success make us feel worse about our own lives?

Arthur Brooks explores the relationship between personality and happiness, examining the research on introversion and extroversion and how understanding our natural tendencies can help us develop habits that support greater connection and happiness.

Dr. Arthur Brooks examines why worldly rewards lose their pull with age, drawing on the Hindu framework of Ashramas and offering five practical steps for beginning or rebeginning a spiritual journey.

Thirty-five years ago, Arthur Brooks convinced an extraordinary woman to marry him.

Chasing success, working long hours, doing far more than is required, and thinking about work constantly may not be ambition. It may be addiction.

Emotional exhaustion, cynicism about work, and a loss of enjoyment in things that once felt meaningful are all signs that burnout may have taken hold.