A recent survey found that 37% of teens say they have poor mental health. This 6-week course aims to curb this mental health crisis by bringing together the best insights from Dr. Laurie Santos’ popular Yale course Psychology and the Good Life. In this course, you will explore what the field of psychology teaches us about how to be happier, how to feel less stressed, and how to thrive in high school and beyond. The lessons along with short weekly ‘happiness homework’ assignments will ultimately prepare you to put these scientific findings into practice. The ultimate goal is for you to feel better and build healthier habits. Parents, teachers, and other professionals supporting teenagers may also find the course beneficial.
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You will learn what psychological science has to say about living the good life
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Misconceptions about happiness
Biases that get in the way of happiness
Behaviors that make us happy
Thoughts that make us happy
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I love it. Simple and Valuable. Thank you very much Dr Laurie and the team.
I really liked all the different psychprotips shared! I can use them for myself, but also teach my own children!
This course has helped me so much I would definitely recommend it. This has helped so many struggles I had been facing. I am very grateful I found this course and could participate in it.
I had learned a lot through this wonderful course taught by amazing Lecturer..Thank you
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