Pruitt Center’s VIRTUAL SPEAKER: The How, What and Why of Happiness: The Science of Interventions Aimed at Increasing Well-Being with Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Description

Happiness not only feels good; it is good. Happy people are more productive, creative, resilient, socially connected and healthier, with stronger relationships and higher incomes. In this  presentation, Sonja Lyubomirsky will describe research revealing when and why practices like expressing gratitude, acts of kindness and engaging in more social interactions work “best” to increase happiness and how simple activities can transform us into happier and more flourishing individuals.

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Biography

Sonja Lyubomirsky (AB Harvard, summa cum laude; PhD Stanford) is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of the best-selling The How of Happiness and The Myths of Happiness, published in 39 countries. Her research on increasing happiness through gratitude, kindness and connection has earned numerous honors, including the AAAS Fellowship, an Honorary Doctorate, the Diener Award for Outstanding Midcareer Contributions in Personality Psychology, the Christopher Peterson Gold Medal, a Positive Psychology Prize and the Faculty of the Year Award (twice). She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will have empirical research examples presented to them showing how the experience of frequent positive emotions benefits relationships, work, and health.
• Participants will learn about intentional activities that have been shown to increase happiness, and at least one study that supports the efficacy of these activities.
• Participants will learn about factors that moderate (or impact) the success of activities aimed at increasing happiness.
• Participants will have empirical research examples presented to them of how positive activities improve not only happiness but other areas of life.
• Participants will learn about ways that the pursuit of happiness may backfire.

Sponsorship

This event is sponsored by the Student Behavioral Health Initiative, a Universities of Wisconsin priority to support student emotional health and well-being and Whittier Trust—holistically making a meaningful and lasting difference in people’s wealth, family and legacy.