BrainCraft: Stop Trying to be Happy (do THIS instead)

Teacher or professor: BrainCraft
Subject: Science
Content of the Lesson: Visit http://www.brilliant.org/braincraft to keep learning (and the first 200 people will also get 20% off their annual premium membership!) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) The pursuit of happiness is futile. And psychology suggests that identifying ways you are content is a better way to achieve well-being. MINDFULNESS RESOURCES: Body scan meditation https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/body_scan_meditation Mindful breathing https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/mindful_breathing Loving kindness meditation: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation More BrainCraft: The Myth of Type A Personality https://youtu.be/8Lxq_Tsi6XE CHAPTERS: 0:00 Can I Ever be Happy? 1:05 Definition of Happiness 1:32 The Happiness Pie 2:05 The Happiness Pie has Flaws 3:52 The Key to Long Term Well-Being 4:20 How to be Content 5:39 Can You Shift Your Expectations? Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator My Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill REFERENCES 📚 Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y., & Diener, E. (2003). Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness: reactions to changes in marital status. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(3), 527–539. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022- 3514.84.3.527 Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Revisiting the sustainable happiness model and pie chart: Can happiness be successfully pursued? The Journal of Positive Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2019.1689421 Cordaro, D. T., Brackett, M., Glass, L., & Anderson, C. L. (2016). Contentment: Perceived completeness across cultures and traditions. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 221–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000082 Cordaro, D., 2020. What If You Pursued Contentment Rather Than Happiness?. [online] Greater Good. Available at: <https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_if_you_pursued_contentment_r ather_than_happiness> [Accessed 16 July 2020]. Lyubomirsky, S., Sheldon, K. M., & Schkade, D. (2005). Pursuing happiness: The architecture of sustainable change. Review of General Psychology, 9(2), 111–131. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.9.2.111 Mauss, I. B., Tamir, M., Anderson, C. L., & Savino, N. S. (2011). Can seeking happiness make people unhappy? Paradoxical effects of valuing happiness. Emotion, 11(4), 807–815. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022010 Klug, H.J.P., Maier, G.W. Linking Goal Progress and Subjective Well-Being: A Meta- analysis. J Happiness Stud 16, 37–65 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-013- 9493-0 McKenzie, J. (2016) Happiness Vs Contentment? A Case for a Sociology of the Good Life. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 46: 252– 267. doi: 10.1111/jtsb.12098. Jebb, A.T., Tay, L., Diener, E. et al. Happiness, income satiation and turning points around the world. Nat Hum Behav 2, 33–38 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562- 017-0277-0 IMAGE SOURCES 🖼 https://pixabay.com/vectors/passenger-car-automotive-car-150155/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/bulb-edison-incandescent-lamp-160854/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/trophy-achievement-award-cup-merit-153395/ https://pixabay.com/illustrations/career-success-path-stair-3386334/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/car-red-driver-gentleman-affluence-160343/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/boy-cartoon-comic-characters-comics-1296198/ https://pixabay.com/vectors/wedding-rings-marriage-wedding-152336/ https://giphy.com/gifs/loop-happiness-loading-MTKsRM3QzNeOI59SbO https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.jpg


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