The Science of Happiness
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Learn research-tested strategies for a happier, more meaningful life, drawing on the science of compassion, gratitude, mindfulness, and awe. Hosted by award-winning psychologist Dacher Keltner. Co-produced by PRX and UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Follow us on Instagram @HappinessPod.
Autor: PRX and Greater Good Science Center
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mindfulness meditation wellbeing emotional regulation awe self-compassion stress reduction love social connection natureDuración Total:
77 hr 11 min
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Happiness Break: Embodying Resilience, With Prentis Hemphill
What if you could tap into your inherent resilience at any time? Prentis Hemphill guides a meditation to turn good memories into a state of resilience.How To Do This Practice: Get Comfortable in Your Body: Find a position, seated, standing, or lying down, that feels right. Move, shake, or sound out anything that helps you arrive in your body. Conjure a Resilient Memory: Call to mind a moment, place, or experience that makes you feel strong, creative, or connected, something that reminds you of your resilience. Let It Fill You Up: Notice where that memory lives in your body, and let it expand into your arms, legs, face, and breath until it energizes your whole being. Turn It Up: Amplify the sensation by 20%, letting it spill through your muscles and cells. Notice shifts in breath, posture, and energy. Turn It Down: Gently reduce the sensation, bit by bit, and …
Publicado: 26 de junio de 2025 | Duración: 9 min
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Happiness Break: Embodying Resilience, With Prentis Hemphill
26 Jun, 2025What if you could tap into your inherent resilience at any time? Prentis Hemphill guides a meditation to turn good memories into a state of resilience.How To Do This Practice: Get Comfortable in Your Body: Find a position, seated, standing, …
Duración: 9 minHappiness Break: A Meditation For When You Have Too Much To Do
12 Jun, 2025Does your to-do list feel endless? Try this short, guided practice to help you reflect, reconnect, and release the pressure to do it all perfectly.How To Do This Practice: Find a Comfortable Posture: Sit or stand tall with a sense …
Duración: 5 minHow To Do Hard Things
05 Jun, 2025What happens when the world sees you as a hero, but you feel lost inside? Abby Wambach, a trailblazer in women’s soccer, shares how facing life’s challenges after retirement helped her discover truth, healing, and self-love. Summary: Abby Wambach spent …
Duración: 18 minHappiness Break: Make Uncertainty Part of the Process
29 May, 2025Through poetic reflection, Yrsa Daley-Ward helps us embrace the in-between moments, reminding us that the unknown can be the very terrain where real change begins. Settle into Stillness: Find a quiet space, get comfortable, and take a few slow breaths …
Duración: 3 minOur Brains on Poetry
22 May, 2025Learn how poetry can help your brain handle stress, process feelings, and spark insight.Summary: This episode of The Science of Happiness is part of our series Using Art As Medicine. We explore poetry, one of the oldest artforms, powers our …
Duración: 23 minHappiness Break: How to Awaken Your Creative Energy
15 May, 2025Spring Washam guides us on a gentle visualization to help you tap into the joy, wonder, and possibility that creativity brings.How To Do This Practice: Settle In: Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths to ground …
Duración: 8 minHow Art Heals Us
08 May, 2025We explore how making art can ground us in the present and be a space of healing, connection, and joy.Summary: We explore how creative expression can support emotional resilience and physical healing in the face of life’s hardest moments and …
Duración: 23 minWhat Humans Can Learn From Trees (Encore)
24 Abr, 2025Trees aren’t just competing for sunlight and soil—they’re also looking out for one another. Scientist Suzanne Simard reveals the unexpected ways trees communicate, share resources, and support us.Summary: We dive into what we can learn from the neural networks of …
Duración: 17 minHappiness Break: Who Takes Care of You?
17 Abr, 2025When we feel cared for, our cortisol levels drop, we feel safe, and we handle stress better. Dacher leads a meditation to help us focus on the people who make us feel supported.How To Do This Practice: Get Comfortable: Find …
Duración: 9 minIssa Rae on Friendships That Need to Go, from IMO
15 Abr, 2025Sharing a new show from my friends at Higher Ground, hosted by Michelle Obama, called IMO. You know on Science of Happiness, we have conversations filled with compassion and empathy, and share research-backed strategies for a more fulfilled life. Similarly …
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