Dr Laurie Santos’s classes on happiness are the most popular in Yale’s history. Now, her podcast has recruited some big, fluffy experts in joy to help families with their mental health
Big Bird is having a rotten day. There is a frown on his beak; his head is hanging down. He had been so excited to roller-skate around Sesame Street, but the rain ruined his plans. “I don’t like this feeling. I want it to go away,” he says, before naively suggesting that the solution is to wish for the rain to stop.
Luckily, he has a great new friend to help him deal with this feeling – Dr Laurie Santos, the professor behind Yale’s happiness course, the most popular course in the college’s history. She is also the host of the Happiness Lab podcast that Big Bird has joined her on “Big feelings like disappointment don’t go away quickly,” she tells him. “But there are things we can do … ”
The first episode in the Happiness Lab x Sesame Street miniseries is out now, with episodes weekly on Mondays for the next fortnight.
