Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan

Arthur Brooks on the Formula for Happiness

Arthur Brooks is a professor at Harvard Business School, a columnist for The Atlantic, and the bestselling author of The Conservative Heart, among other publications. In this conversation with Kelly Corrigan, Arthur shares the recipe for cultivating happiness as it relates to Kate Bowler’s experience with maintaining faith in the midst of a stage four cancer diagnosis.

Arthur Brooks on the Formula for Happiness

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    Bad Days, Tough Seasons or Clinical Depression?

    S7 E4 - 26m 5s

    Kelly sits down with Dr. Leanne Williams, founding director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness, to discuss mental health disorders and therapies. They are joined by hospice and palliative care physician Dr. BJ Miller, and comedian W. Kamau Bell to elaborate on depression, stigmas and misconceptions associated with mental illness, and how we can move forward.

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    Many Possible Lives

    S7 E3 - 26m 5s

    Kelly speaks with Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institutes of Health, who oversaw the prominent Human Genome Project. Dr. Collins shares how genetics are most often misunderstood, his concern about the impacts of social media on adolescents, and what scientists know makes a lasting difference when it comes to our well-being.

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    Good Enough Parenting

    S7 E2 - 26m 5s

    Kelly speaks with Dr. Dima Amso, a professor of psychology at Columbia University, about how the environment we’re brought up in affects our well-being. Dr. Amso gives her take on social media, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and how to be a better consumer of science journalism. She also shares how her work in the lab influences her life as a parent.

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