Scott Cluthe's Love Cafe

Scott Cluthe interviews Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D, on his show Positively Incorrect! Dr. Lyubomirsky's new release is The How of Happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky is a professor at Stanford University. The majority of her research career has been devoted to studying human happiness. Why is the scientific study of happiness important? In short, because most people believe happiness is meaningful, desirable, and an important, worthy goal, because happiness is one of the most salient and significant dimensions of human experience and emotional life, because happiness yields numerous rewards for the individual, and because it makes for a better, healthier, stronger society. Her curretn research examines these critical questions:- 1) What makes people happy?; 2) Is happiness a good thing?; and 3) How can we make people happier still? Why Are Some People Happier Than Others? This may be one of the great questions of all time for many of us. Sonja says she has always been struck by the capacity of some individuals to