Worst demonstration of American bootstrapping ethos
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“Please, for the love of god, do not go here if you are genuinely experiencing pain from marginalization, persecution or any of the by-products of the deeply broken American systems that keep so many of us in a place of stress and pain. I deeply wanted to wait further into the show’s release to lay out a review, but in listening to the first couple episodes, my sense of the absolute disservice they do by not even mentioning societally systemic or medical realities in order to highlight individual culpability for the very complex thing that is our emotional lived experience means that I have to say something.
Go put your podcast energies into something like ‘The Dream’ or ‘The Hilarious World of Depression’ if you are seeking a nuanced, realistic, sensitive treatment of American emotional experience and all the biological and cultural realities behind whether we are happy or not. This podcast misses most— if not all—opportunities to interweave legitimate science about the benefits of certain daily wellness practices with their focus on shortsighted fallacy that mindset and personal action is the most important factor in improving human happiness. I’ve waited breathlessly for *any* qualifiers in all their interviews and reporting of their very narrowly analyzed data sets, but ultimately you have a group of extraordinarily privileged folks diving into how they can decrease existential angst in their protected, comfortable lives in the face of adversities. Those adversities are real if your standards are at a certain level (which are akin to mine, actually) - but in 2019 in America this is a sadly shortsighted, narrow and frankly grossly irresponsible portrait of our declining national contentment, that turns down any opportunity to have a conversation about the real world outside of Yale University.”
leahu417 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/19
More reviews of The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
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“I’m so excited for this podcast! I wish there were new shows a few times a week! So awesome!”
TCarolRuss via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/18/19
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“I just finished the first episode and I’m so exited to hear more! This is something I was really interested in while getting my psych degree with a human biology minor. Measuring happiness is a really hard thing to do but it deserves to be studied and looked in to. I cannot wait to hear more, and...”Read full review »
jameelahayes via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/25/19
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“This show takes years of psychological research and condenses it in an easily digestible, fantastically helpful form of media. I’m -always enthralled for more.”
hunterrwebb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/01/19
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