From: The New York Times
Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
Are you happy? It’s a deceptively simple question, but for me, at least, a difficult one to answer.
Another tough question: Why is it so hard to be happy for so many? Despite a culture full of wellness influencers with their happiness hacks and mind-set tricks, all of the indicators show that we Americans are less happy than ever. It’s as if the more energy we focus on trying to feel happy, the harder it is to achieve.
So what is going on and what can we do about it? I put these questions to Laurie Santos. Santos is a cognitive scientist and professor whose class on happiness quickly became the most popular in Yale’s history. And through her podcast “The Happiness Lab” and her free online course called “The Science of Well-Being,” Santos’s reach has extended far beyond the classroom.
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