The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos Q: “What Did the Pandemic Teach Us About Happiness?”

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Covid brought disruption and despair… but it also caused many of us to think about our lives and what is most important to us. Listener Dr Amy Commander, Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, wants to know how we can apply lessons from the pandemic to improve our happiness as we return to normalcy.

Amy helps teach cancer survivors wellbeing tips – and also happens to be an old college lab partner of Dr. Laurie Santos – so we invited her to host this episode and quiz Laurie on how to lead a happier post-pandemic life.

The Host

Dr. Laurie Santos

Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…