The Science Of Happiness, with Dr Mel Weinberg

There’s no secret to happiness, but there is a science. That’s what today’s guest is here to tell us. Dr Melissa Weinberg is a Psychologist who specialises in ‘Subjective wellbeing’ and has done a lot of research into what makes people happy.In this interview, Dr Mel explains the two different types of happiness and why we all have a base level of happiness that remains relatively consistent over time. She also explains how happiness can be measured and shares some interesting research from Australia and around the world into different country's levels of subjective wellbeing. You’ll learn about the seven domains that contribute to happiness and some useful buffers we can use to help improve our happiness. We also look at some research into parents, which shows that men with children are statistically happier than men without children - good news for all the dads out there. And…... find out how many children you should have if you want to maximise your level of happiness (statistically speaking of course :-) This is a fun episode with lots of interesting facts you can pull out at your next dinner party. I hope you enjoy it. What you will learnThe two types of happinessAre people born happy? Setpoint theory and homeostasis theory What happens if we are too happy?How Do we measure happinessThe 7 domains that contribute to our happiness:The world happiness report (produced by the UN)Which countries do well and why? How to improve your happinessResearch into the wellbeing of parents - does being a dad make you happier?How many children you should have to maximise your happiness. More infoShow notes, links to all the research mentioned in this episode, as well as book recommendations from Dr Mel Weinberg are available at https://thedadtrain.com/6