How to be Happier at Work (with Dan Harris)
Dan Harris was working seven days a week - and knew something had to give. He reluctantly left his ABC News job to concentrate on the Ten Percent Happier podcast.To mark his career move, Dan and Dr La...
8 Nov 202150min
How to Feel More Empathy (With the Host of Bad Women: The Ripper Retold)
When bad things happen to people - illness, accident or crime - our brains fool us into believing the victims must have done something to deserve their fate. This deep-seated bias is wrong though - an...
2 Nov 202137min
An 80s nostalgia-fest with Molly Ringwald and Rob Lowe
Our recent episode about happiness and nostalgia prompted a lot of listener feedback. Since people seemed to really enjoy our chat with 80s star Rob Lowe, we thought it would be fun to bring you an ap...
25 Okt 20211h
Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part Two: Beach Party)
Dr Laurie Santos doesn't have so much fun these days - which is really bad for her health and wellbeing. So Catherine Price (author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again at http://howtohavefun....
11 Okt 202129min
Laurie Gets a Fun-tervention (Part One)
Peter Pan was her childhood hero, but Dr Laurie Santos woke up one day and realised she'd broken the cardinal rule of Neverland - she'd grown up and stopped having fun.Research suggests that goofing o...
27 Sep 202135min
How to Handle Change
Change is the only certainty in life. We may desperately want to change ourselves and our surroundings, or we may fear the disruption and distress some changes bring. Dr Laurie Santos talks to change ...
22 Sep 202137min
The Kindness of Strangers
When Kitty Genovese was murdered, her family and the wider world was told that bystanders watched, but did nothing to intervene. Psychologists tried to explain this callous inaction with a popular the...
20 Sep 202132min
You Can’t Always Want What You Like
We might love gruelling hikes, trips to see far-flung relatives or super hard crossword puzzles, but often we lack the motivation needed to embark on these fun things. How can that be? They make us ha...
13 Sep 202139min
