My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3)

Sometimes the happiness teacher flunks her own class. In a deeply personal new season, Dr Laurie Santos opens up about the things she really, really struggles with. Things like crippling perfectionism, chronic stress and a paralyzing fear of death. 

With the help of world-class experts, a Hollywood star and a host of normal people who grapple with the same issues, Dr Laurie will face up to her own happiness demons and try to defeat them. 

Coming June 3, wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Pushkin. Hey, Happiness Lab listeners, I've been hard at work
on the next season of this podcast for months, but
it would also be fair to say that this season
has been decades in the making. You see, I've finally
taken the courage to let down my defenses and share
the story of how the happiness teacher sometimes comes in

(00:36):
at the bottom of the class and you give me now, Okay,
I'm going to explore topics that are dear to my
heart with people that are dear to my heart, like
my mom. Wait a minute, let me put the TV off.
I'll be finding out why I personally struggle so badly
with even simple things like sitting still and doing nothing.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
This is a whole episode about boredom because I feel
like I'm pretty bad at boredom. You are, But I
feel like I'm bad at boredom because you're bad at boredom. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
No, I didn't do well with doing nothing. I'll ask
why I let stress ruin my health.

Speaker 3 (01:05):
Your stress could be viewed in a debilitating way. Hard
is racing your palms or sweaty or butterflies in your stomach.
In that circumstance, it feels self evident and the stress
is bad, that it's assign your body is preparing for
damage and defeat.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Why perfectionism sometimes pushes me to the breaking point. I
was having no human contact. I didn't go outside for
ten days once before final exams. And what it is
about death that paralyzes me with fear?

Speaker 2 (01:30):
This is for a whole episode about is it the nactophobia?

Speaker 1 (01:34):
Is that what you see it phanatophobia? I see panatophobia
because I have really terrible of panatophobia. I'm like, really
spooked about death. And when I find out why these
things affect me so badly, I'm hoping to do something
about it. I think you're doing much much better. I mean,
I'm just glad you've kind of confronteday. So join me.
Doctor Laurie Santo's on this very personal journey, Available from

(01:56):
June third, wherever you get your podcasts.