How to become a happier person & find your meaning in life: Arthur Brooks, Ph.D.

How to become a happier person & find your meaning in life: Arthur Brooks, Ph.D. | mbg Podcast

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Welcome to the mindbodygreen podcast! Each week, host Jason Wachob, founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, engages in open, honest conversations with the people shaping the world of well-being. Today’s featured guest is a Arthur Brooks, Ph.D., a social scientist and professor at Harvard.
“Most people are happier at 70 than they were at 30," he says. In this episode, Arthur and Jason discuss how to maintain deep friendships, find your purpose, and strengthen your joy muscles, plus:
00:00 The biggest myths about happiness
03:23 How Arthur defines happiness
05:24 Enjoyment vs. pleasure
11:43 The problem with extreme thinking
13:43 What we’re getting wrong about satisfaction
16:56 How to find your life’s meaning
22:25 How happiness changes as you age
25:59 How to balance true happiness with achievement
28:17 How to maintain deep friendships
31:15 Do introverts make better friends?
34:36 The power of gratitude for happiness
36:37 Easy wins for lifelong happiness
41:39 Why you should try “emotional caffeine”
44:21 How Arthur strengthens his own happiness muscles
47:13 How to make those around you feel happier
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@magdalenawestman6285 4 ай бұрын

I am already on top of of my happiness (66). I cannot go any farther.

@david9920 26 күн бұрын

Love this conversation I practice a epacouren philosophy. That chasing the external thing is not the way to a happy life sex fame money but be humble be grateful for what you have. And friendship is the most important of human endeavors. Do not live from external things to bring happiness. Especially religion government just live in your community of friends And build time for time together I am 66 And and started this practice of philosophy50 years ago it has served my life well have strayed from it a few times in life but always return to it find happiness we're you are and grown!

@Thaythichgiachanh262 5 ай бұрын

Good presentation 👍👍 Informative video ♥

@belenlg5978 4 ай бұрын

I was enjoying the talk, but when he arrived to the list making I was like "He knows what he's talking about" 😂

@vladynick 3 ай бұрын

I was on a fentenyl IV while in the hospital for 3 days after surgical removal of my kidney and didn't feel the slightest bit "high", euphoric. NOTHING pleasant!

@viktor.egelund 5 ай бұрын

First you need good health, physical and mental. Without that, all other things mentioned are useless.

@grannygoes7882 4 ай бұрын

I agree so if you've lost your health, do whatever you can to get it back and then be satisfied! That is what I'm working on. I'm 65 and have a couple of chronic diseases. I'm figuring out how to live a satisfying life with those IF I can't overcome them. I agree with him that doing things with people is what makes us happy so we need to cultivate things to do that make that happen.

@richardjaffe9972 4 ай бұрын

Having good mental and physical health is not really needed but does make things easier. Being able to accept things there are not in of our control and even failing in the things that are , we can still be happy, with the proper mindset, through amour fati, a stoic principle that does see adversity and your failings to external circumstances as bad but something to help us grow and learn. 😊

@grannygoes7882 4 ай бұрын

@@richardjaffe9972 I agree. People in difficult circumstances prove that all the time. It's not just a "stoic" principal although the ancients were pretty stoic. I personally like the catholic view of suffering. It's not wasted, it's valuable.

@7HH 5 ай бұрын

Good video. Stop the rolling txt very anoying

@mowthpeece1 5 ай бұрын

They don't have rolling text. Turn off your subtitles.

@ZFabia2010 5 ай бұрын

This guest is not inspirational and just feels like he in lecturing. Maybe because he has mentioned all these addicted type people , all of us arent that , Some are searching for peace and happiness, because being in environmental circumstances that have made life unbearable