The past few years have raised some hard questions about the science of well-being. How culturally biased is our conception of happiness? How much do social forces (or genetics) shape happiness, ...

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Established by a generous alumnus in honor of Drexel physics professor, meteorologist and WWII veteran, Dr. Francis K. Davis, the Davis Lecture aims to bridge the gap between the arts and sciences by ...

Laurie Santos first noticed something amiss with parents a few years ago. “I saw how anxious and worried parents were when connecting with their kids at Yale,” said Santos, the Chandrika and Ranjan ...

Kelly, Dr. Abernethy, BJ Miller and W. Kamau Bell discuss spirituality and well-being. Dr. Alexis Abernethy studies spirituality by way of rigorous science. In this episode, she shares her surprising ...

A commitment to learning can lead you to a happier, healthier life. But you don't have to audit a class at your local college or hunker down in the library to keep learning new things. You just need a ...

Alex Beurket, a teacher at Mason High School, came across a podcast in 2019 featuring Yale professor Laurie Santos, who teaches Yale's most popular class on "the science of well-being." People who ...

Well-being, which is sometimes also referred to as psychosocial well-being, is defined in different ways depending on who you ask. Psychologists have tended to define well-being in one of two ways.

What does it mean to live a good life? Psychologists and social scientists have been focusing on a new idea called flourishing – a sense of well-being that goes beyond just happiness or success. It’s ...