[5] Happiness in the United States (part 1)

Structures of Self

In today's episode, Courtney and Aubrey discuss the broad area of happiness, narrowed down specifically to concepts of happiness in the United States. Happiness is unpacked related to the country's history with "the pursuit of happiness", as well as how the word is related to our mental and physical health, economics, our comparison to other countries and a few personal anecdotal experiences. Please leave a review & subscribe! Contact us @structuresofself on IG :) Resources: Harvard Business Review Article:https://hbr.org/2012/01/the-history-of-happiness UN's Human Development Report:http://www.hdr.undp.org/ Human Happiness Report:https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/ Living Longer & Happier Through Kindness Podcast What Makes A Good Life TedTalk with Robert Waldinger:https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare The How Of Happiness by Sonya Lyubomirsky Yale's Online Course on Well-Being:https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being Elements of a Sociological Contribution to Happiness Studies by David Bartram https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/10/07/americans-obsessed-with-their-own-happiness-overlook-the-key-ingredient-to-a-good-life/ https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/heres-the-data-to-back-up-your-intuition-america-really-is-getting-less-happy.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/not-everyone-wants-to-be-happy/ https://fortune.com/2017/03/20/america-world-happiness-report/ Samuel, Lawrence R.. Happiness in America : A Cultural History, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, Diener, Ed, and Robert Biswas-Diener. Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2008. https://www.fastcompany.com/40544341/america-desperate-for-happiness-is-getting-less-and-less-happy The myths of Happiness: What should make you happy, but Doesn’t, What Shouldn’t make you happy, but Does by Sonja Lyubomirsky Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/heres-the-data-to-back-up-your-intuition-america-really-is-getting-less-happy.html --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/structuresofself/support