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    • Empowering Youth through Wellness Coaches and AirbnbWellness coaches help improve youth mental health, while renting out homes on Airbnb can provide financial benefits. Consider both personal growth and community impact.

      Mental health is a significant issue among California's youth, and certified wellness coaches are being trained to help make a difference. These coaches work to improve children and youth's mental health and well-being through vital skill-building. Meanwhile, as we focus on personal growth and experiences, it's essential to consider the potential value of our homes, like renting them out on Airbnb. Apple Card offers cashback rewards, with up to 3% daily cash on Apple purchases, 2% on other Apple Pay purchases, and 1% on all other purchases. The California Department of Health Care Access and Information supports the new workforce of wellness coaches to help young people lead happier, healthier lives. Unfortunately, young people today are more stressed, anxious, and depressed than ever. But there are ways to make a difference, like becoming a certified wellness coach or supporting organizations that provide mental health resources. And while we focus on our personal journeys, we might also consider the potential value of our homes by listing them on Airbnb. So, whether you're a student, a traveler, or a homeowner, remember that small steps can make a big difference in your life and the lives of those around you. For more information on becoming a wellness coach, visit cawellnesscoach.org. To learn more about Airbnb hosting, go to airbnb.com/host. And for those dreaming of college, keep striving for your goals – the joy of achieving them is worth it.

    • Understanding happiness from withinFocusing on external factors like money or fame won't lead to lasting happiness. Instead, true happiness comes from within by understanding our own minds and emotions.

      The pursuit of external factors like money, fame, or material possessions may not lead to lasting happiness. Instead, true happiness often comes from within, and understanding our own minds and emotions is key. The speaker, a psychology professor, shares his insights from a popular class on happiness and a new podcast, "The Happiness Lab." He emphasizes that even those with immense wealth can struggle with happiness, and that our expectations and perceptions can often mislead us. The journey to happiness requires introspection and learning from the experiences of others, including some of the happiest people and top scientists in the field. So, rather than focusing solely on external factors, we should strive to better understand ourselves and our own minds to find true happiness.

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    Recent Episodes from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

    Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week?

    Why Don't We Have a 15-hour Work Week?

    By 2030 we'll only work 15 hours a week, predicted the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes back in 1930. He thought advances in technology and wealth would let us earn enough money to live in a day or two - leaving the rest of the week for leisure and community service. 

    How wrong he was. We seem to be working more than ever - with technology adding extra tasks to our workdays (like answering emails and monitoring Slack). Dr Laurie longs for more leisure time, but how can she tame her fear of being "unproductive"? 

    Computer scientist Cal Newport explains how we all got into this mess - and why we still treat modern employees as if they were farm laborers or assembly line workers. Reformed "productivity junkie" Oliver Burkeman also offers tips on how to concentrate our minds on fulfilling and important work - and not little tasks that chew up so much of our days. 

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    Does the You of Today Hate the You of Tomorrow?

    Does the You of Today Hate the You of Tomorrow?

    We often do things now that will make our lives more difficult or stressful in the future. We spend money, when we should save. We eat junk food, when we should exercise. We agree to commitments, when we should protect our free time. We act so thoughtlessly that it's almost like we hate our future selves. 

    Dr Laurie asks UCLA's Hal Hershfield to help her find the happiness balance between listening to what she wants now, and the preferences she might have in the future. And she steps into an AI time machine to get some happiness advice for herself decades from today. 

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    The Power of Awe... and Where to Find it

    The Power of Awe... and Where to Find it

    Awe reduces stress, helps us forget our minor worries and makes us feel more connected to the people around us. We all need more awe in our lives - but surely it's not that easy to find awesome experiences on your average Tuesday?

    Actor Tony Hale explains how everyday awe helps ease his anxieties, while UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner shows us how to find awe in music, art, scenery... even in a walk around our block. And Dr Laurie explores the things that give her a sense of awe with the help of Mike Menzel - who built a space telescope that lets us see billions of years into the past.  

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    How to Tame Stress

    How to Tame Stress

    Dr Laurie is stressed, and it's harming her health. Constant worry and stress is bad for our bodies and our minds, but how can we break the cycle and relax? It turns out scientists have learned a lot from one of America's most stressed-out communities - caregivers.  

    Hollywood star Steve Guttenberg talks about the toughest chapter of his life - caring for his dying dad - and Dr Elissa Epel explains why some caregivers suffer badly from stress, while others seem to find ways to live with the awful situation they find themselves in daily.  

    Further reading:

    Steve Guttenberg - Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero.

    Dr Elissa Epel - The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

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    How I Stopped Fearing Boredom

    How I Stopped Fearing Boredom

    Dr Laurie HATES boredom! Since childhood she's found it so painful that she'll do anything to avoid being bored. She'll watch crappy TV. She'll find extra work to do. She'll snack. But boredom is actually an incredibly useful tool to boost our happiness and creativity.  

    With the help of leading boredom experts, Dr Laurie learns how to embrace doing nothing and finds that in the midst of tedium our brains can come up with the most amazing breakthrough ideas. 

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    How to Fight Perfectionism

    How to Fight Perfectionism

    Holding yourself to impossibly high standards is self-defeating and makes for a miserable life. Can Dr Laurie Santos find ways to tackle her constant perfectionism so she can perform better and have more fun? 

    She hears from researcher Thomas Curran about a worrying growth in perfectionism in society, and asks "recovering perfectionist" Jordana Confino how to tackle the nagging voice in your head telling you to always push yourself and work harder.  

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    My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3)

    My Personal Struggle to be Happy (Coming June 3)

    Sometimes the happiness teacher flunks her own class. In a deeply personal new season, Dr Laurie Santos opens up about the things she really, really struggles with. Things like crippling perfectionism, chronic stress and a paralyzing fear of death. 

    With the help of world-class experts, a Hollywood star and a host of normal people who grapple with the same issues, Dr Laurie will face up to her own happiness demons and try to defeat them. 

    Coming June 3, wherever you get your podcasts. 

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    Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview

    Happiness Through Generosity : Liz Dunn on The TED Interview

    Liz Dunn is a regular guest on The Happiness Lab, but in this extended interview with TED's Chris Anderson she take us on a deep dive into her research. It shows that by increasing our generosity and by giving to others we can significantly boost our own happiness. 

    Listen to more episodes of The TED Interview wherever you get your podcasts.  

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    Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar

    Unlock Your Hidden Potential with Adam Grant and Maya Shankar

    A chance to hear a recent episode of A Slight Change of Plans in which Maya Shankar asks psychologist Adam Grant about his new book "Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things". They talk about how to filter out unhelpful feedback, the benefits of imperfectionism, and why we need to give soft skills more respect. 

    Listen to more episodes of A Slight Change of Plans  wherever you get your podcasts. 

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    Five Tips to be Happier at Work (Dr Laurie at SXSW)

    Five Tips to be Happier at Work (Dr Laurie at SXSW)

    Work is a worry. Are we paid enough? Should we be getting promoted quicker? Is artificial intelligence about to replace us all? 

    Speaking at SXSW 2024, Dr Laurie Santos argues that because of all our career woes we often neglect our happiness. She walks through her top five tips for improving our workplace wellbeing - which will not only make us feel better, but might even cause our salaries to rise!  

    Suggested reading from this episode:

    Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN by Tara Brach

    Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

    Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

    The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What to Do About It by Christina Maslach

    The Business of Friendship by Shasta Nelson

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    Related Episodes

    For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls

    For Whom the Alarm Clock Tolls

    'Time famine' is when you just don't feel you have a spare moment... and it can make you miserable. It's a feeling Dr Laurie Santos knows only too well, so she seeks help from her time affluence hero, Idler author Tom Hodgkinson.

    Tom lives life to the full, but he ensures he carves out time to wander around, think, chat with friends and even take naps. He argues that 'idling' is vital to leading a happy, creative and productive existence. Is he right? And if so, what can we all do to break free from the tyranny of time?

    For an even deeper dive into the research we talk about in the show visit happinesslab.fm

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    The Role of Rebellion in Transformation with Sabrina Fritts

    The Role of Rebellion in Transformation  with Sabrina Fritts

    The conscious journey typically involves maintaining a deep sense of awareness, having a willingness to release what doesn’t serve us, and coming to a place of accepting “what is". Yet paradoxically, it’s also important to exercise plenty of conscious rebellion along the way. In this show, Christine talks with bestselling author and wellness coach Sabrina Fritts about why rebellion—both inner and outer—is essential on our path to expansion. 

    Ep. 5 - BossUp and Become the best version of YOU with Guest Host Karissa Adkins

    Ep. 5 - BossUp and Become the best version of YOU with Guest Host Karissa Adkins
    When it comes to our health, physical body, and overall wellbeing, we have been programmed and influenced by marketing and media since birth. We are taught to believe that in order to lose weight, be healthy, have energy, and feel confident and sexy in our bodies that we need to be on some crazy diet, or do excessive cardio, or use guilt and shame as a form of motivation. This form of programming has left lots of women feeling overwhelmed, stressed out, and like failures when it comes to the relationship that they have with their bodies. If you re ready to Ditch the diet life, stop the constant cardio, and create a more positive outlook around your body then today s episode will be a complete game-changer for you! Karissa Adkins, Certified Health and Fitness coach will be giving you her expert tips and strategies that will help you BossUp your health and change your life forever.
    Call in! 1-800-930-2819
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    Depression in Teens - How can the GP Help?

    Depression in Teens - How can the GP Help?
    “What is the impact of depression on school aged teens?”
    GP, Dr Bianca Forrester, continues the conversation with Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist A/Prof Sandra Radovini about mental health problems in teens. In this episode Bianca and Sandra explore the role of the GP in assessing and managing depression in practice. “What predisposes adolescents to depression”? In seeking to understand the young persons experiences in context, for anxiety she poses the question “What are the pressures”? With depression as a presenting problem she poses a different question….tune in to find out....

    This Podcast was recorded at the PodHub on the 30th May, 2019
    Presented by: Bianca Forrester
    Produced by: Bianca Forrester
    Audio Engineering: Chris Hatzis
    Post-Production: Arch Cuthbertson
    Music: Space Cadet Lullabies
    Graphics: Gaal Creative


    SSRIs- We discuss the indications, effects, benefits associated with SSRIs. Check out these resources for more information.
    About SSRIs in GP:
    About SSRIs in adolescents
    About optimal doses

    For more information about Assessment and management of Depression check out these reources.
    Orygen -National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health
    Treating Depression in young people.

    Other recommended Guidelines
    Simply input: Depression in Children and Young People
    Great interactive guidelines by NICE Guidance

    Exerpt from NICE guidelines regarding Brief Psychological Intervetions (BPI);
    This intervention is based on the brief psychosocial intervention (BPI) carried out in the IMPACT trial (Goodyer et al. 2017)1.
    Core components of BPI include:
    · psychoeducation about depression and action-oriented, goal-focused, interpersonal activities as therapeutic strategies
    · building health habits,
    · planning and scheduling valued activities
    · advice on maintaining and improving mental and physical hygiene including sleep, diet and exercise
    · promoting engagement with and maintaining school work and peer relations, and diminishing solitariness.
    BPI does not involve cognitive or reflective analytic techniques.
    1 Goodyer IM, Reynolds S, Barrett B et al. (2017) Cognitive-behavioural therapy and short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy versus brief psychosocial intervention in adolescents with unipolar major depression (IMPACT): a multicentre, pragmatic, observer-blind, randomised controlled trial. Health technology assessment 21(12), 1–94.

    Finally, for patient resources and education:
    provides good patient information, advice and digital health options.