Happiness
The desire to be happy - Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight had a successful career in publishing but after 15 years working in New York City's top publishing houses, she reached an epiphany in life. The desire to be happy. So Sarah decided she… Audio
Happy Families - Bronwyn Harman
There's new proof to the old maxin "the more the merrier". It turns out the key to a happy family could be having four or more children. Dr Bronwyn Harman from Edith Cowan University in Australia has… Audio
The Happiness Industry: Will Davies
British sociologist, political economist and author William Davies argues in his new book that employers are increasingly paying attention to happiness in the workplace as a means of keeping… Audio
Happiness and good habits
Gretchen Rubin is the best-selling author of the Happiness Project. Her latest book is Better than Before. Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives. Her thesis is that habits make change easier as… Audio
The Happiness U-Curve
Carol Graham researches what makes people happy, finding that the lowest times in peoples' lives occurs when they are in their forties, but after that their life satisfaction improves. It's called the… Audio
Charles Montgomery - Urban Anxiety
Vancouver-based writer and journalist Charles Montgomery is a critic of what he calls anti-social planning. Charles says that low-density suburbs where people depend on cars create isolation and… Audio
Rick Hanson - Hardwiring Happiness
Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist and the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment and Buddha's Brain: The practical neuroscience of happiness. He blogs regularly at… Audio
Live Happier, Live Longer
Dr Timothy Sharp is an Australian clinical psychologist and the founder of The Happiness Institute, which aims to enhance happiness in people, their families and also in organisations. Audio
Paul Jose - Happiness and meaningfulness
Psychology professor Paul Jose on his research into happiness and meaningfulness in life. Audio
Happy cities?
In his book 'Happy City, Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design' Charles Montgomery argues that cities can be happy places to live. With the world's urban population forecast to nearly 5 billion… Audio
What are the differences between happy parents and miserable ones?
The secrets of parenting with psychologist Katie Nelson from the University of California. We discover how we can be happy even through the sleepless nights and general angsts of child rearing. Audio
Dr Rick Hanson - Rewiring Happiness
Dr Rick Hansen is a neuro-psychologist who says it's possible to train your brain to get the most out of positive experiences so that they'll see you through lifes challenges. Audio
TED Radio Hour: The Pursuit Of Happiness
Our amazing brain, with all of its harmonious functions, also performs any number of peculiar actions, which we might find unexpected and counterintuitive. What tricks do our minds play when we think… Audio
Hans Becker: Aged Care
CEO of the Humanitas Foundation, which uses the philosophy of happiness to revolutionise the social and commercial approach to retirement villages in the Netherlands. He is the lead speaker at the… Audio
Oliver Burkeman: happiness and self-help
Writer for The Guardian and Psychologies magazine, Oliver Burkeman's book is The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking. Audio
Economics Of Happiness
Helena Norberg-Hodges directed the documentary 'The Economics of Happiness', which explores issues of "globalisation versus localisation". Audio
The positivity ratio - Barbara Fredrickson
Leading social psychologist on the science of happiness and the value of cultivating positive emotions. She discovered that experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads… Audio
Happiness economics
Nick Powdthavee, behavioural economist and author of The Happiness Equation: The Surprising Economics of Our Most Valuable Asset, which discusses the new science of happiness economics. Audio
Happy conversations
Professor Matthias Mehl, from the University of Arizona, on why people who open up about the deeper issues in their daily lives tend to be happier than those who don't. Audio