The Psychology of Happiness

<h4>In today's episode <a href= "https://www.kathmere.com/team/nicholas-olesen-cfp" target= "_self">Nicholas Olesen, CFP®, CPWA®</a> talks with <a href= "https://jaimekurtz.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professor Jaime Kurtz, Ph.D.</a> about her new audiobook, <em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/The-Psychology-of-Happiness/dp/B08S93V7FZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Psychology of Happiness.</a></em></h4> <p>Through this conversation Dr. Kurtz shares her expertise and insight to help us all understand how happiness can be "coached" and internalized versus just a momentary feeling.  A few of the questions we covered are:</p> <ul> <li> <p>How has the field of psychology changed over time in regard to understanding and measuring happiness?</p> </li> <li> <p>What can we do to cause happiness versus it just happens to be our internal bias?</p> </li> <li> <p>How and why our happiness impacts to many other areas of our lives?</p> </li> <li> <p>How can we spend money in a way that promotes happiness?</p> </li> <li> <p>As the author of "The Happy Traveler", in what ways can we change how we plan and enjoy vacations to help the happiness of them last longer?</p> </li> </ul> <p class="bc-section bc-spacing-mini bc-spacing-top-mini">For a full transcript to today's show, please visit: <a href= "https://bit.ly/3f8HLFa">https://bit.ly/3f8HLFa</a> </p> <p class="bc-section bc-spacing-mini bc-spacing-top-mini">Dr. Kurtz is an Associate Professor of Psychology at <a href= "https://www.jmu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Madison University</a>, where she teaches courses on Social Psychology, Psychology of Personality, Positive Psychology, and Psychological Research Methods. She received her B.A. from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and my M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.</p> <p class="bc-section bc-spacing-mini bc-spacing-top-mini">Dr. Kurtz has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on happiness, and with bestselling author Sonja Lyubomirsky, she is co-author of <a href