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Holiday Survival Guide II: Perfect Gifts and Fighting Fatigue (with Rainn Wilson)

12/15/2025 • 31 min

What stresses you out over the festive season? Happiness Lab listeners sent in their holiday woes so Dr Laurie and guest Rainn Wilson (The Office star and host of Soul Boom) could weigh in with some science-backed advice. In the second part of our Holiday Survival Guide, Dr Laurie and Rainn discuss what makes the perfect gift, how to slow down to enjoy the fes… Play episode

Holiday Survival Guide I: Ending Family Arguments (with Rainn Wilson)
How to Experience the Joy of Giving Right Now
Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run)
Reset Your Relationship with Stress (for National Stress Awareness Day)
How Horror Movies and True Crime Can Make You Happier
Make Vulnerability Your Superpower (with NBA star Kevin Love)
How to Make Better Choices (with Barry Schwartz)
Take a Three-Day Weekend Without Losing Any Pay (with Juliet Schor)
How to Spend Your Time and Money Better (with Nobel Prize Winner Richard T…
Eat Like the People Who Live Happily to 100 (with Dan Buettner)
Why Having the Courage to Defy Makes us Happier (with Dr Sunita Sah)
Stop Caring What Other People Think of You (Bruce Hood on 10% Happier with…
“Can You Train Your Mind to Be Happier?” (with Dr Tal Ben-Shahar)
"Human Minds Are Stupid!" (with Rich Roll)
The Joy of Not Being Dead (with Ryan Holiday on The Daily Stoic)
Anyone Can Play, Anyone Can Win (Cornholing with Michelle Hastie Thompson)
The Jimi Hendrix of the Cello (with Joshua Roman)
"Birds Are Like My Afternoon Martini" (Birding with Lili Taylor)
How Good Manners Made Me Happier (with Etiquette Expert William Hanson)
How Dogs Changed my Life (with The Dogist)
The Two Words That Saved Mel Robbins (From A Slight Change of Plans)
How Smartphones Changed Childhood (And What to do About it)
How to Think Like a Child (with David Yeager)
How to Tackle Bad Behaviour (with Dr Becky Kennedy)
Is a "Viking" Childhood a Happier Childhood (with Helen Russell)?
How Not to Repeat Your Parents' Mistakes (with Glennon Doyle and Abby Wamb…
Reducing the Stress of Parenting with Dr Vivek Murthy
How to Build Resilience (with Ben Walter from The Unshakeables)
Can You Become a "Practical" Optimist?
How to Confront the Things that Suck (Live with John Green)
How to be Awesome - With Almost no Effort (with John Green)
How to Stay Hopeful (Live from SXSW with Michelle Obama)
Why You Should Take a Few Months Off Work (Live from SXSW)
Friendships: Handling Change, Conflict and Finding New Friends
Twelve Sayings That Could Change Your Life
Have You Got Trust Issues?
Why Eating Alone is so Bad for You (An International Day of Happiness Spec…
Why We're Better With Some Threats Than Others (An Earth Month Re-Run)
Harnessing People Around us to Feel Happier (Live with Ethan Kross)
How to Find Your Purpose
How to Inspire the People Around You
How to Lead the Richest Life Possible
Dr Laurie Talks Romance, Parents and Stalking on 'Love Factually'
How to Learn from a Rom Com Movie
Date Like a Scientist
Stop Stressing About Stress
Hack Your Emotions
Get Over Yourself
Feel Like You're Enough

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