#225: Happiness Takes Work | Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sonja Lyubomirsky has been studying human happiness for 30 years. As a professor at the University of California Riverside, her research has centered around things people can do to become happier. In this episode she talks about her findings, including the power of social connection and how that might just be the key ingredient to happiness. She also talks about how we can increase our level of social connection.
Plug Zone
- Sonja’s Website: http://drsonja.net/about-sonja/
- Sonja’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Sonja-Lyubomirsky/e/B001JP269S/
- How of Happiness
- The Myths of Happiness
- Find Sonja at UC Riverside: https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/sonja
- Find Sonja on Ten Percent Happier: https://app.tenpercent.com/link/content?teacher=46938377-e52a-4ca1-8bff-f6788c4e50ac
Other References in the episode:
- Susan Cain - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
- Nick Epley, research on talking to strangers on the train
- Liz Dunn - University of British Columbia
- Ed Dieiner - Happiness Researcher
- Barb Frederickson - Love 2.0
- Dacher Keltner - UC Berkley
- Harry Reis - University of Rochester
- Ken Sheldon - University of Missouri
- Susan Nolen-Hoeksema - Rumination Research
- Martin Seligman - UPenn Positive Psychology
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow Author
- Lisa Walsh - Impact of expressing gratitude on the other person
- Nial Bolger - Columbia University (visible versus invisible social support)
- Ezra Klein’s Podcast with Allison Gopnick
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