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BONUS: A Happier Christmas

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Accept our gift of happiness this holiday season! It can be a hectic and stressful time of year... but it’s also full of opportunities to feel happier.

Dr. Laurie Santos brings you science-based tips so you can have yourself a merry little Christmas.

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Season 204/26/2021
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Confucius
Harvard professor Peter Bol (who teaches ChinaX at edx.org) explains why Confucius thought that ritual behaviours can bring us and our communities peace and joy - but why we need to create traditions and rules and customs that serve others, not just ourselves.
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Season 204/19/2021
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Forgiveness
Miroslav Volf teaches at Yale Divinity School - and is celebrated for his work on reconciliation and forgiveness.
Miroslav’s brother was killed in a childhood accident, and the Volf family’s journey through misery and hatred finally ended in a powerful act of forgiveness inspired by Christian teachings.
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Season 204/12/2021
Happiness Lessons of the Ancients: The Day of Rest
Sarah Hurwitz worked 24/7 at Harvard, and barely took time off as she built a career in DC writing speeches for first Hillary Clinton and then Michelle Obama. Sarah would even take her cell phone into the shower.
But as she explored the teachings of Judaism, she began to appreciate the vital importance of the commandment to observe a day of rest.
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Season 204/05/2021
Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah
Sarah Hurwitz grew up thinking there was little the great texts of Judaism could teach her - she even hatched a plot to get out of Hebrew school. But in adulthood she discovered that The Torah contains instructions to act with gratitude, kindness and solidarity that all chime with the latest happiness research.
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Season 203/23/2021
Laurie Talks Relationships with Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas
Double Date is a new podcast with Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas. The couple have been blissfully married for more than 40 years, and wanted to explore what makes some relationships work. Dr. Laurie Santos thinks what’s uncovered in the show chimes with the scientific research on how to live a happier life - so she invited Marlo and Phil to share these insights on The Happiness Lab.
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