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Your Friends' Friends Can Make You Happy
Dr. Nicholas Christakis explains how happiness flows one person to another.
Meditation and kindness
Alanis Morissette explains how meditation makes her a kinder and more loving person.Positive and negative stress
Robert Sapolsky on how chronic stress affects our memory...Remembering to exhale
Dr. Michael Baime explains why meditation may help undo the negative affects of stress.The space between your thoughts
Richard Gere ponders his personal philosophy of meditation.Understanding stress
Neuroscientist Bruce McEwen defines stress and offers techniques...
About This Emotional Life
This 3-part series represents what television does best. It opens a window into real lives, exploring ways to improve our social relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals. Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness.