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About the Course

NEW TEEN VERSION AVAILABLE HERE: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being-for-teens In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life. THE SCIENCE OF WELL BEING WAS PRODUCED IN PART DUE TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE DAVID F. SWENSEN FUND FOR INNOVATION IN TEACHING....

Top reviews

LG

Apr 21, 2023

Magnificent!

Clear and concise revelations about the human condition, how to understand the tricky nature of our minds and practical advice about how to counteract those deceptions.

Marvellous.!

LH

Aug 21, 2020

Great fun way of learning about personal thought processing, attitudes and well-being.

Very helpful course to get me to assess my life and how to make the changes I needed to improve my well-being.

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By Rachael M

Jun 14, 2020

This is a fantastic course (thank you Professor Santos!) that is incredibly applicable to everyone's lives and provides so many actionable steps we can take to increase our daily happiness. Especially during this time of COVID, unrest, and overall uncertainty, this course is fantastic for thinking about the little things that make a big difference in our happiness. Professor Santos is amazing!

By Zarya A R

Jun 3, 2020

Tremendous course on the psychology and science of what makes us happy vs what we THINK makes us happy (spoiler alert: they're not the same). Engaging lectures, interesting activities and reflections, I highly recommend it for anyone who is looking to improve their own happiness, or for health professionals and counselors like myself who want to use these learnings and techniques with clients!

By Tracy G

Sep 10, 2019

This was a very informative and useful course. It gives me life skills to work on everyday so I can feel more satisfied in my daily life as I work towards my true passions in life. I have goals that are achievable and can overcome my road blocks. I definitely think there was so much good information that one would need to review the content over a few times to get the benefit of the course.

By Aruna N

Sep 5, 2018

I have read books about positive psychology before but this course is brilliantly structured and presented to help you to really internalise the research findings and implement them in your life. The material is really engaging and interactive and the professor pitched the difficulty level of the material just right—showing us the science behind the claims, but without overwhelming us in data.

By Charity C

Jul 9, 2018

This course gives the learner a variety of skills to help improve their overall happiness and well-being. The rewirements and assignments to practice them weekly were a huge benefit in my overall well-being. I appreciated the addition of the final assignment to pick a rewirement and practice for four weeks. This course led to an improvement in my well-being and happiness on a day-to-day basis.

By Gedas T

Dec 9, 2020

A great course with a fascinating instructor! Thank you Laurie, and your team a lot! I am really happy about the outcomes! After doing a happiness measurement test before and after the course I can see a great impact which this course had to my well-being. I got 2 more happiness points. And it is not just the numbers, most importantly - I really do feel that I am happier. Thanks a lot again!

By Carissa A

Jan 30, 2024

The content is wonderful. I think there are some flaws to the peer-reviewed final assignment (my preference would be for an actual assessment with clear black-and-white answers as qualitative peer review takes into account personal thoughts and judgments in a way that sometimes isn't beneficial), but that doesn't take away from the actual content. I've recommended this course more than once!

By Krista

Apr 20, 2021

I feel as though that. I appreciate this course more in my late 30s then I would have in my early 20s. I wanted to dig deep and engulf myself in a new practice and understanding of life‘s happiness. It made me rethink so many things and I am so grateful for this course. It has helped me and then I brought what I have learned to my community and my friends and they’ve all enjoyed it as well

By Tammy J B

Apr 9, 2021

This course is helpful for life! I am so glad I took it and learned some ways to increase my happiness and well-being. I will continue to use what I learned here, forever. I appreciated the research and insight of Ms. Santos, the books she mentioned so I could do some in-depth learning, and that she got us actually practicing what we were learning so we could see the true benefit. Thank you!

By Simone S B

Jul 12, 2020

It was an amazing journey learning from professor Laurie Santos so great and useful content. In summary, it can help us to be aware that we already have all we need to be happy, we just need to pay attention and intentionally use the proper tools to make it happen. Thank you professor Santos for helping several people like me to improve our well-being level by using helpful and simple tools.

By Jose C A J

Jun 8, 2020

As a psychology major and now graduate, this is the type of material that makes me enjoy the field of psychology. Researching ways to improve people's lives and sharing strategies of how to apply what is learned is what I want to make a career out of with my bachelor's in Psychology. This course was very beneficial in my learning, and I am thankful for Yale for offering this course for free.

By Leigh A B

May 30, 2020

I loved this course! My #1 Character Strength is "Love of Learning" so this was right up my alley. I am a Life Coach and have incorporated some of these science-backed learnings into my curriculum and had great success so far. I truly believe not only knowing what makes me happy but integrating it into my life, has given me the tools to lead a happier life from this point forward! Thank you!

By Debora M

Jan 15, 2020

I am thoroughly enjoying this course. I am a certified coach and find this course a wonderful tool and resource. Dr. Santos has a comfortable, relate-able style as seen on the question answer and lectures with students. I greatly appreciate the videos, TED Talks, articles and reference books related to the topic. I have taken pages of notes and expanded my book resource list too! Thank you!!

By michelle n

Jan 14, 2021

This course was a really good and fascinating learning experience because I got to learn so much about myself. It not only thought how to improve of well being but I also got to introduce this course to people I know and so far only good things are being said. I would 100% recommend this course to anyone because it is a great learning experience and it is good to learn more about ourselves.

By Ingrid V

Nov 1, 2020

Thank you for this course! I really learned a lot about happiness and well-being. I try to help my friends with my new knowledge. I especially enjoyed the scientific researches on every topic. The graphs and charts made it clear to me, how easy it is to overthink and see problems where there is none. I thank Professor Laurie Santos for this interesting course and for excellent presentation.

By Alison B

Jun 1, 2020

I am grateful for this course - just what I needed at just the right time. The material was concise and engaging, the checkpoints were helpful, and the final four weeks kick-started positive personal change. Dr. Santos was forthright about the hard-wired challenges to living well, and about the results that come with intentional, effortful work. I've built a new habit that I can stick with.

By Elena L

Dec 1, 2020

Let me tell you how much I'm grateful to Professor Santos and the course team for that amazing project! I took the course in a very sad moment of my life and it not only made me significantly happier, but also has explained to me how to be happy in a long-term run. The course delivers each promise and I will definitely advise this course to all of my friends, family members and colleagues.

By Ana P R

Oct 28, 2020

I am very happy to have participated in the course, I learned a lot, and I discovered that instinctively I was already doing other techniques taught here! I am very grateful for the opportunity to take the course, free of charge, and not even need to leave Brazil for this! I will meditate with kindness so that you Laurie Santos, continue on the mission to spread happiness around the world!

By Patricia G

Aug 5, 2020

Dear Professor Santos,

I cannot thank you enough for facilitating this course. I have enjoyed it immensely and have recommended it to all my friends and family. Being able to study research into the science of well-being was very rewarding and I am actively practising several of the rewirements recommended in the course. It has been a huge boost to my self esteem and sense of happiness.

By Rebecca O

Jun 29, 2020

This course has changed my outlook on life completely! Instead of ‘suffering’ with an ever increasing list of multiple autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, CRPS and a retinal thrombosis last year.. some sight loss and the impact this all has on my mental health -this course helped me understand what was really important in life, and how to move forward with a growth mindset! Thank you 🙏

By Gustavo

May 25, 2020

Lo hare en español.

Muchas Gracias Profesora, voy a seguir poniendo en practica lo que aprendí, realmente me gusto, me intereso y me parece super importante, ademas nos dejo mucho material para poder abordar cada tema con mas intensidad. Desde ya estoy feliz por haber elegido este curso durante la cuarentena, que aqui en argentina sigue ....

Muchas gracias nuevamente

saludos cordiales

Gustavo

By KBP V

May 1, 2020

This course is refreshing and it takes on the old dogmas of society and provides a much-needed explanation of why happiness is craved by many but understood by very few. Dr Laurie Santos does a terrific job in terms of inculcating the happiness index and her work might change the lives of many. I recommend this course to anyone who finds difficult to cope up with certain attribute of life.

By Hugo E G L

Oct 28, 2019

It was an excellent course. What I liked the most about it is how gradually destroys the misconceptions that we have about what makes us happy and what that thing makes us happy. On the whole, it was a blast, and the lecturer was quite good. The students seemed to be engaged in the class. Something that I take with me is the focus on experiences rather than things. That resonated with me.

By Allan R

Dec 16, 2018

Interesting, well-presented, well-documented strategies for improving well-being and avoiding pitfalls to achieving that goal. Well-structured lectures and interviews with authors and researchers supported the recommendations of the course. I would highly recommend this course to all who would experiment with the rewirement suggestions and conscientiously follow the discussed strategies.

By Theo P

May 23, 2018

Refreshing and well presented. Laurie Santos brings new perspectives and studies on the Science of Well Being. I was so surprised that it was filled with new information about improving happiness and increasing the quality of life. It is totally applicable to life (which differs from many courses). As a professor, she exudes authenticity and really connects with students of all levels.