UW-Superior Pruitt Center for Mindfulness and Well-Being welcomes you to join their Spring 2025 Virtual Speaker Presentation: The How, What and Why of Happiness: The Science of Interventions Aimed at Increasing Well-Being with Sonja Lyubomirsky.
Tuesday, April 15th 4:30pm – 6:00pm
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
Happiness not only feels good; it is good. Happy people are more productive, creative, resilient, socially connected and healthier, with stronger relationships and higher incomes. In this presentation, Sonja Lyubomirsky will describe research revealing when and why practices like expressing gratitude, acts of kindness and engaging in more social interactions work “best” to increase happiness and how simple activities can transform us into happier and more flourishing individuals.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Sonja Lyubomirsky (AB Harvard, summa cum laude; PhD Stanford) is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of the best-selling The How of Happiness and The Myths of Happiness, published in 39 countries. Her research on increasing happiness through gratitude, kindness and connection has earned numerous honors, including the AAAS Fellowship, an Honorary Doctorate, the Diener Award for Outstanding Midcareer Contributions in Personality Psychology, the Christopher Peterson Gold Medal, a Positive Psychology Prize and the Faculty of the Year Award (twice). She lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.
For more information and the link to register, please visit this site: Summary – The How, What, and Why of Happiness: The Science of Interventions Aimed at Increasing Well-Being