Humans have been writing about the best way to live for over 5,000 years across religion, philosophy, and now science. This podcast explores ideas about living and how science can help guide our choices.
This is it! The final episode! Congrats to all! In the last episode, we look back and we look forward to life lived well.
11 Aug 2025
Feeling the Good Life
In our last week, we're talking about feelings and emotions and how they connect with the good life.
4 Aug 2025
Strategies for Success
We're wrapping up our week on achievement with some strategies for successful goal striving.
4 Aug 2025
Need to Achieve
In this episode, we discuss our need to achieve and what it means for the good life and I interview Dr. Josh Ode about goals, achievement, and identity in sports.
28 Jul 2025
Engage!
In this episode, we're getting into the flow and making things happen! It's time to engage the good life!
28 Jul 2025
Engaging the Good Life
"The good life is not for the faint hearted" but it is for the intrepid, for those who engage it. We'll discuss the benefits of engagement in the good life in this episode.
21 Jul 2025
Purposeful Pivots
We are continuing to talk about about meaning and purpose in the good life. In this episode, I speak with a non-traditional student who reflects on the pivots she's made in her career and life to follow her good life.
21 Jul 2025
Mental Health and Meaning
In our first episode focusing on meaning and the good life, I speak with Dr. Travis Pashak about clinical psychology, existentialism, meaning making, and fruit.
15 Jul 2025
Friends, Lovers, and Coworkers
We wrap up our mini-series on relationships with friends, lovers, and coworkers.
14 Jul 2025
Family
In this first episode of a new mini-series, we explore the impact of families on the good life.
7 Jul 2025
Movement
This episode explores movement as a key component of the mind-body connection, highlighting its importance for overall well-being.
7 Jul 2025
Nutrition
This episode explores nutrition's impact on well-being as part of a series examining the mind-body connection.
30 Jun 2025
Modern Perspectives
This episode explores modern psychological science, shifting from philosophy, to discover insights into living a good life.
30 Jun 2025
A Long History
Host Laurie Santos interviews Dr. Cory Potter about Christian perspectives on the good life, revealing historical and religious traditions that shape our understanding of well-being in this interview episode.
25 Jun 2025
Sleep and The Good Life
This episode explores sleep's influence on the good life, connecting it to the PERMA model of flourishing.
1 Jun 2025
Introductions
Host Professor Laurie Santos introduces her "Psychology and the Good Life" course, setting the stage for understanding how psychological principles improve well-being.
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