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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos · 2025-08-18 · 89 min · 17,685 words

“Can You Train Your Mind to Be Happier?” (with Dr Tal Ben-Shahar)

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This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. What happens in your brain when you taste something delicious or touch something with a strange texture? Your senses shape how you experience the world, and honestly, who you are. I'm Dr.

Shoshana Ungerleiter and this month on my podcast, Ted Health, I'm talking to five experts about touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell, and what science reveals about how your brain makes sense of it all. Listen to our conversations only on TED Health wherever you get your podcasts. Pushkin. Hey Happiness Lab listeners. Over the summer, we've been sharing episodes from other shows where instead of being the host,

I'm the one getting interviewed. So far, you've heard me on the Daily Stoic and the Rich Roll podcast. But this time, I'll be tackling the subject of whether you can train your brain to be happier. The conversation you're about to hear is from a live webinar that I did with the happiness expert Dr. Tal Ben Shahar, founder of the Happiness Studies Academy.

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