We are experiencing incredibly strange times resulting in dramatic and profound changes in our lives at work and at home. Many of us are filled with more negative emotion and stress than usual which has taken a toll on our mental health.
What can we do to be a little bit happier as women in this challenging time? Yale professor of psychology and happiness expert Dr. Laurie Santos will share evidence-based tips that can be used now to help you uncover happiness in general—and particularly in the context of this strange time we find ourselves in.
This episode is a replay of a Conferences for Women special session with Dr. Santos and offers a teeny-tiny (yet jam packed) version of her class at Yale – the most popular class at the University!

Laurie Santos
DR. LAURIE SANTOS is an expert on human cognition, its origins, and the evolutionary biases that influence our all-too imperfect life choices. She is also knowledgeable in how behavioral change through positive psychology can lead to a happy and fulfilling life. Currently, the big project of Santos is to positively influence the culture of Yale University by teaching happiness and well-being. She created a course so meaningful that it became the most popular class taken at Yale in over 316 years. In her course, Psychology and the Good Life, Santos teaches her 1,200 students about behavioral change through positive psychology. Santos wants her students to be more grateful, procrastinate less and increase social connections. She believes that those positive habits will decrease mental health issues on campus and create happier and more motivated students. The popularity of the class has prompted Yale to create a free online course. She is the host of the podcast, The Happiness Lab. Santos was appointed Head of Silliman College on July 1, 2016 to a five year term. She is a professor of psychology at Yale University, where she serves as director of the Comparative Cognition Laboratory, as well as the Canine Cognition Center. She teaches one of Yale’s most popular undergraduate courses, Sex, Evolution, and Human Nature. She earned her PhD in psychology from Harvard University. Her numerous awards for science, teaching, and mentorship include the Stanton Prize from the Society for Philosophy and Psychology for outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary research. @lauriesantos
 
Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author of Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Heard Mentality and We Need to Talk. In her twenty-year career in public radio, she has been the executive producer of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Radio, and anchored programs including Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. She also served as cohost of the national morning news show The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC, and anchored presidential coverage in 2012 for PBS World Channel. Headlee’s TEDx talk sharing ten ways to have a better conversation has over twenty million total views to date. @CelesteHeadlee
 

Additional Resources:

* Tune in to The Happiness Lab, Dr. Santos’s wildly popular podcast
* Enroll in the free online version of Dr. Santos’s class,