Hygge and Happiness: The Good Life is Always in Fashion with Meik Wiking
Original Air Date Wednesday,May 3, 2023
Do you wish your partner understood you better? Have you considered that they may not be wired to? Biology and chemistry are important factors in why we communicate the way we do.
Testosterone and Estrogen play a major role in social behaviors from a very young age. To empathetically examine what places men and women on opposite sides of the communication spectrum, Positive Psychology Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with sex and biology expert, Dr. Stephen Furlich. He shares some of the research behind his book Sex Talk: How Biological Sex Influences Gender Communication Differences Throughout Life’s Stages, strategies for how both genders can communicate with each other effectively, and why men and women are the way they are.
Hygge and Happiness: The Good Life is Always in Fashion with Meik Wiking
- The principles of Hygge, or the art of creating a nice atmosphere to encourage everyday happiness. [3:09]
- Meik focuses on the little things that bring us happiness in our day-to-day lives. [6:50]
- A research study of 13,000 households in ten countries found clutter to be one of the biggest barriers to happiness in the home. [9:25]
- What role does money play in human happiness? [10:31]
- Activities that are done with purpose, with others, and that decouple wealth and well-being can increase day-to-day happiness. [16:21]
- In his book, My Hygge Home, Meik includes design hacks to live better and the Cezanne effect. [21:38]
Meik Wiking is the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and one of the leading experts in global happiness. Committed to understanding happiness, subjective well-being, and quality of life, Meik works with countries across the world to discover and explore global trends of life satisfaction. Besides his work at the Happiness Research Institute, he is a Research Associate for Denmark at the World Database of Happiness and a member of the policy advisory group for the Global Happiness Policy Report.
Book: My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place
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“Adding these small little beautiful touches to our everyday life... these little things also force us into the present moment. Click To Tweet“Perhaps we should be refocusing our attention on creating more moments, more adventure, and using money to buy experiences.” @LisaKamen on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Life hacks do make us happy.” @LisaKamen on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Hygge is about enjoying the everyday.” @MeikWiking on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Happiness is both — how do we feel here, and now and also how happy do we feel overall.” @MeikWiking on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“The biggest barrier to happiness or being happy with your home is having a lot of clutter in your home.” @MeikWiking on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“Yes, money does matter for our happiness. Because being without money is a cause of unhappiness. Going from low income to middle income has a big effect on happiness. But, going from mid-income to high income doesn't move the needle… Click To Tweet “For a lot of us, we have reached peak stuff for happiness. There is no additional thing we can buy to change how we feel about life.” @MeikWiking on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet“The places we find ourselves in influence how we feel.” @MeikWiking on @HHTalkRadio Click To Tweet
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