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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

RK

Jun 26, 2023

Great content! Well paced. Videos and readings are helpful. The class concludes with a 4 week challenge designed to make a lasting impact, which I found very insightful. I highly recommend this class.

GK

Jun 2, 2019

I have taken a dozen courses online. This is the most challenging and fulfilling course I have taken so far. And I believe that the course shall be beneficial to all people in different walks of life.

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By Victoria O

Jun 10, 2022

This course was pleasant and informative. I got a bunch of knowledge and a bunch of practical tips to actually make my life happier. It's great to see some time-honored advice being supported by scientific researches. It gave me a booster to finally listen to some of them and improve my life.

By Hemakshi D K

Jun 23, 2021

The course actually taught what a true well being is and where it lies in our lives and how our expectations in life are so overly exaggerated and how we can try and bring them to what real life has to offer.

Thanks Laurie Santos,Yale and Coursera team for developing such an incredible course!

By santiago b

Feb 3, 2021

Felicitaciones a la profesora Laurie Santos, excelentes exposiciones y quedaré agradecido de por vida a Usted, a Coursera y a Yale por aportar una granito de sabiduría al interrogante que persigue la humanidad desde los tiempos de Aristóteles, Como podemos ser felices. Gracias, muchas gracias.

By David K

Jan 20, 2021

This is the most inspirational class that I’ve ever taken. I have learned that although the world may not be seen as it really is, through mindfulness meditation and living out of my comfort zone the world is much more beautiful than I ever deemed possible. Please take this class it’s sublime!

By Jessica G

Dec 29, 2020

This course was incredibly interesting and insightful. I am actually sad that it is over! I have already begun implementing some of these strategies/habits into my daily life and look forward to being a happier, healthier person. Additionally, I am eager to share what I've learned with others!

By Tijlim X

Oct 18, 2020

This course was really a great step to improving your wellbeing. Very informational. But of course, in order to get the full experience, you will really have to participate in the rewirements and be willing to commit to changing habits to improve your personal happiness. Overall, great course!

By Hynd B

Aug 11, 2020

First of all I’m thankful to my company and my teacher Laurie Santos, while following up this course I was very excited and happy , I was sure I can learn from it lot of new things and it was the case. I encourage strongly everyone to join this course, I enjoyed the all 10 weeks of learning 🥰

By Pablo N

Jul 10, 2020

Muy interesante saber lo que la ciencia tiene que decir acerca de la felicidad. La felicidad no es sencilla de alcanzar, pero sí se puede trabajar cada día para conseguirla. El curso te brinda herramientas para lograrlo y sobre todo entenderlo.

Excelente la profesora Laurie Santos.

Vale la pena.

By Michelle K

Jun 23, 2020

This is a wonderful course to learn about the science of well-being. I found it interesting to learn the things that we think will make us happier, but do not. Everyone should take this course. There is not a lot of work and it would be easy for people (even extremely busy people) to complete.

By Bianca R

Jun 12, 2020

INCREDIBLE course. Very interesting content, very easy to consume and complete, and can easily say it has been perception changing! Thank you to everyone who has brought this course to life, made it so easily accessible for everyone, and highlighted the importance of the science of well-being!

By Jo J

May 31, 2020

This is an excellent course. The professor explains psychological concepts well, and I have been able to directly apply these concepts to my own life. The rewirement assignment at the end was beneficial to put theory into practice and to demonstrate that increasing your well-being is feasible.

By Maram K A

May 26, 2020

I loved this course so much!! It gave me tools to habits I always wanted to develop in my life, and even though it was an on-line course, which means me and my screen, yet it felt like a community, and a supportive one!! Thank you Dr. and Thank you for my friends who I met here at the course!!

By Ellen H M

May 25, 2020

This course is worth every minute you spend on it. The best part is that the time listening to course and reading is separate from the time doing the things that make you happy! Who wouldn't love a course where the homework is to do strategies that will bring your life greater meaning and joy.

By Rajiv N

May 23, 2020

Excellent course conducted by Dr Santos...it felt like I was part of 'The Happiness Lab' and had the opportunity to check out the evidence behind the suggestions...no wonder that it was the most popular class at Yale!...best wishes to all who have contributed to the course...grateful, as ever.

By Francesco G

May 14, 2020

It was a beautiful experience ! Walking behind the scenes of what we usually see from outside was very helpful to learn new way to change or improve our own habits and how difficult it can be. There are so many ways to do it and probably more to discover. Thank you for organising this course !

By Michelle M

Apr 8, 2020

This is an excellent course to increase well-being. It helped me to understand why material things do not contribute to ones happiness in the way one often expect them to, however material things can enhance ones life as long as there are other often over-looked elements of behaviour in place.

By Jonathan P

Mar 16, 2020

Tons of research to back up this course. Laurie Santos does a great job presenting the course in a way that makes it accessible to anyone. I found myself talking about what I was learning to my friends and colleagues. Just a great way to make you a better person an appreciate what you have.

By shalini J

Aug 19, 2019

one of the best courses that I have invested my time in . The results were evident within the first one week of practise . I think courses like these should be made mandatory in schools so that children inculcate these good habit early on in life itself to experience and live a enriched life .

By Kirstin M

Jun 24, 2019

Thank you so much for sharing all of your incredible knowledge with us. I have always tried to meditate but no one has ever explained why this is important. I wish I had learnt WOOP goal setting as a much younger person. This course has literally changed my life. Thank you thank you thank you.

By Donna N

Jun 16, 2018

Awesome course. Loved it! Extra learning materials were great too. I'm hooked and have referred several people to the course. I truly believe incorporating these strategies into our lives is critical to our world being a better place. I'm committed to living my life in a new way. Thanks Laure!

By Kunjukuttan C S

Sep 21, 2023

A great course. Relevant topics are covered and explained in simple language. There are lot of opportunities to practice the theory using tools provided with the course. The additional readings materials provided with the course added great value in understanding some of the points in detail.

By Francesco V

Mar 29, 2022

This course is quite interesting, helped me to have better understanding of the well-being meaning. Is not banal the pshycologic investigation about well-being feeling, the knowledge of these concepts really support the pursuing of the deep meaning of well-being life and how we can reach it.

By Nicole S

Apr 26, 2021

This was a great course. It was well paced and very practical. The practical aspect gave me the opportunity to put what was taught into practice in my everyday life. Thereby enabling me to focus on the challenges it entails and finding ways to circumvent those challenges to be successful.

By Karin T

Dec 11, 2020

I am so pleased to have taken this course. I learned several new strategies to increase my happiness, and I am able to share these with some family and friends now. I am grateful that this course was free. That made all the difference for me. I have learned so very much! Thank you, Thank you!