Why Having the Courage to Defy Makes us Happier (with Dr Sunita Sah)

This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. It's September. Fall is here, and that means back to school.

My college students have already arrived on campus at Yale. So it's time to say goodbye to beach days with a good book and late summer nights. And hello to lecture halls, lesson plans, and an ever growing list of priorities. The end of summer often feels bittersweet. If we're not careful, autumn life can start to move very quickly.

So as we switch into this new season, I want to help you find a little more happiness. And that's why I want to spend the next few episodes sharing all the incredible insights I learned from stuff I had a chance to read on my summer break. In this upcoming season of the Happiness Lab, we'll diving into some of my favorite new books from 2025. We'll hear from brilliant authors whose work can teach us lots of things that are relevant for feeling better, like how to make better decisions, how to improve our work-life balance, and even how to turn scary things into sources of joy.

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