Grounded in the positive psychology movement, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar combines scientific studies, scholarly research, self-help advice, and spiritual enlightenment to teach people how to learn to be happy. In a WGBH Boston and Connecticut Public Television joint production, Happiness 101 with Tal Ben-Shahar, Ben-Shahar weaves together a set of principles that you can apply to your daily life. Once you open your heart and mind to happier thoughts, you will feel more fulfilled, more connected, and yes, happier. The national PBS program HAPPINESS 101with Tal Ben-Shahar will be based on what became Harvard University s most popular course of all time a class on happiness. Starting with his own personal story, Ben-Shahar will lay out his keys to happiness, how giving yourself the permission to be human, keeping a sound mind and body, simplifying your life, and expressing gratitude are all important steps in becoming happier. Ben-Shahar will share his personal experience and offer actual steps you can take. Grounded in a growing body of research, science is making real inroads in understanding happiness by documenting a more concrete understanding of what happiness means. In this hour-long special Ben-Shahar will explain this new world of research, and share some very preliminary steps we can all take to apply the knowledge from this research to our own lives. The PBS show will also include important voices in the field of positive psychology, including Dr. John Ratey on the power of exercise, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn on mindfulness meditation, Dr. Richard Kadison on happiness and depression, and Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky on the importance of gratitude. All these experts will add their individual stories and knowledge to this important program.
Happiness 101 with Tal Ben-Shahar
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Very Disappointing Tal Ben-Shahar’s book, Happiness, is wonderful. It’s filled with helpful information and actual ‘trick’s’ you can use to increase your level of happiness. In the era of positive psychology it is well worth your time to read, if you haven’t done so already. My expectation was that the DVD would expand upon the book and offer new and different information. Unfortunately, the DVD was a major disappointment. It is about 40 minutes long (with a 15 minute counseling session tacked on at the end); basicially, Ben-Shahar highlights 5 or so points from his book and talks about them to a small audience. His writing is far better than his speaking ability – I found him to be a really boring presenter and was glad I’d read the book first. The DVD was pointless, to be honest. It doesn’t offer the same insights as the book and it doesn’t come across as helpful, informative or interesting. It would have been a better idea to have him put his book on audio CD for people to listen to. Watching him and listening to him wasn’t good at all.
GOOD TONIC for the stressed, depressed, burned out Well I have not read his book, but after reading the comment above which gave a low rating to the dvd, I think I should. That’s because I thought the DVD was super, and if a previous commenter said the Book is better, well I just may get it. I got to see the DVD (over a period of about four 20 minute sessions the past 3 wks) as part of some staff training. Actually, I thought Tal was an excellent presenter, and the DVD is studio quality. He was engaging, spoke eloquently, respectfully, had a gentle persona, easy voice to listen to, made practical suggestions, and included a few audiovisuals to re-inforce the topic. Yes, it’s no movie and not an entertainment piece, but to say it’s “boring” is absolutely not true. If an individual is feeling, or a company has Staff who are feeling stressed, depressed, anxious, or burned out, I’d HIGHLY RECOMMEND this DVD!