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  • The Psychology of Happiness

  • By: Jaime Kurtz
  • Narrated by: Jaime Kurtz
  • Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (311 ratings)

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The Psychology of Happiness

By: Jaime Kurtz
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Despite being discussed, questioned, philosophized about, and sought after since the days of Aristotle, the pathways to happiness are not always clear...but there is one. In order to find it, you need a solid foundation for understanding what really makes us - as humans - happy. And that’s exactly what you will gain by learning what science has to say about the big questions of happiness and thriving.

Throughout 10 lectures, Professor Jaime Kurtz will outline the physical and emotional benefits that a boost in happiness can bring you. Professor Kurtz will invite you to access those benefits with a range of science-based strategies that you can choose from - strategies that will help you create more happiness in your everyday life. As you examine the effect of both the tools and challenges to being happy, including mindfulness, exercise, nature, social media, money, and more, you’ll gain practical knowledge - useful things that you can start practicing in your life, immediately. You’ll also take away a deep understanding and appreciation of what is gained when we take an elusive concept such as happiness and examine it through the lens of science.

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to boosting your happiness - it depends heavily on genetics among other factors, but by learning some new behaviors and actions that you can intentionally choose for yourself, you’ll find you are able to make real, lasting changes in both your daily life and in your overall levels of happiness.

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About the Creator and Performer

Jaime Kurtz is an Associate Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, where she teaches courses on Social Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Positive Psychology, and Psychological Research Methods. She received her B.A. from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and my M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Dr. Kurtz has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on happiness, and with bestselling author Sonja Lyubomirsky, she is co-author of Positively Happy: Routes to Sustainable Happiness, a workbook for putting happiness strategies into practice in everyday life. Her first solo-authored book, The Happy Traveler: Unpacking the Secrets of Better Vacations, was published in June of 2017 by Oxford University Press.
With the Institute for Brain Potential, Dr. Kurtz offers seminars on happiness and well-being to health-care professionals nationwide. In addition, she writes the popular Happy Trails online column for Psychology Today.
Always eager to merge her love of psychology and travel, Dr. Kurtz is the creator and director of Exploring the Good Life in Scandinavia. In this three-week summer program, she leads college students on a tour of two of the world’s happiest nations, Denmark and Sweden, where they observe and conduct interviews on cross-cultural differences in well-being, in addition to doing happiness-boosting exercises of their own.

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wow

These are things you never think about in this context and they are life-changing 😳

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Overall worth the read

I’m typically not one to read books on happiness. However, I found the read to be engaging and thought provoking.

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Worth the listen, will unlock more happiness

Excellent material that explains what is happiness and what is needed to be able to feel it. Ended up with dozens of bookmarks

Loved how it explains the fact that forcing happiness does not help...so what helps? You first need to know what happiness is and then you will understand how to achieve it; this course does just that.

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Great info and data!

I love the structure of the book and all the useful psychology-related data that was shared. Sometimes they just tell you what to do without the data to show you why or how it works. I think that is really important. The author doesn't flood you with data and study results... it's just enough to prove the points. I also like how the key points are summarized again at the end, in case you forgot some of them. I plan on re-reading and journaling this as well. And the narrator's voice is so upbeat and positive sounding that it's hard not to get inspired!

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Really educational and eye opening

Jamie does a great job at giving credit to researchers. She explains things so well.

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Well read

Approachable and educational, an invitation to “try it” that is easy to do.
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Very helpful!

Thanks so much for this incredible audible. I’ve already put some of it in practice.

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simple, nothing new but easy to apply.

Well based on the quick test provided by the author I am more pessimist than optimist. I have made a lot of bookmark. Too bad it didn't come with pdf like other The Great Courses Audios I have. Still, I think there's a lot of good information to be learned and applied here. They're simple, nothing new but easy to apply.

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Very Good Use of Tjme

Some of the things taught in this book are very intuitive and others less so. Overall it is loaded with good advice and excellent insights! I highly recommend.

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Must listen m y all people desire to be happier in life! 🙂

I enjoyed listening to this lecture series more than twice so far and each time I figured out how to improve my life conditions and relationships so I would be happier as I spread more love around me.🙂❤️🙏🏼🌹

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