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While it is difficult to standardize happiness from one person to the next, I outline a structured framework of what is critical to increasing your innate \u201cnatural happiness,\u201d including financial security, purposeful work and relationships, and I explain specific tools to increase internal happiness (so-called \u201csynthetic happiness\u201d). I review how specific types of human connection and attention to our choices (or lack thereof) can increase or undermine our level of happiness. I also discuss the importance of certain types of physical contact, gratitude, financial choices and volunteer contributions that research shows can maximize happiness. And I discuss how factors such as children, pets, physical well-being, substance use, prior traumas and life-phase milestones affect our quest for and depth of happiness.\n\n#HubermanLab #Science \n\nThank you to our sponsors\nAthletic Greens: https:\/\/athleticgreens.com\/huberman\nThesis: https:\/\/takethesis.com\/huberman\nInsideTracker: https:\/\/insidetracker.com\/huberman\nHelix Sleep: https:\/\/helixsleep.com\/huberman\n\nSupplements from Momentous\nhttps:\/\/www.livemomentous.com\/huberman\n\nHuberman Lab Premium\nhttps:\/\/hubermanlab.com\/premium\n\nSocial & Website\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hubermanlab \nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/hubermanlab \nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hubermanlab \nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@hubermanlab \nLinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrew-huberman\nWebsite: https:\/\/hubermanlab.com \nNewsletter: https:\/\/hubermanlab.com\/neural-network\n\nArticles\nSpending Money on Others Promotes Happiness: http:\/\/bit.ly\/3X3k71V\nA Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3sMP64B\nEye contact marks the rise and fall of shared attention in conversation: http:\/\/bit.ly\/3hy04IF\nThe Influence of Interactions with Dogs on Affect, Anxiety, and Arousal in Children: http:\/\/bit.ly\/3htjBdh\n\nBooks\nDopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3A9S4UY\nThe Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity\u2015and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race: https:\/\/amzn.to\/3E3Und5\n\nTimestamps\n00:00:00 Happiness\n00:06:27 Tool: Light Exposure Timing & Brightness Timing\n00:14:14 Thesis, InsideTracker, Helix Sleep\n00:17:51 Imprecise Language for Happiness\n00:20:26 Happiness: Neuromodulators & Neurotransmitters \n00:26:32 Harvard Happiness Project \n00:29:22 Income & Happiness; Social Interactions & Peer Group \n00:37:20 Work, Sense of Meaning & Happiness\n00:40:13 Toolkit for General Wellbeing\n00:43:06 Happiness Across the Lifespan, Does Having Children Make Us Happier?\n00:47:33 AG1 (Athletic Greens)\n00:50:20 Birthdays & Evaluated Happiness\n00:52:45 Smoking, Alcohol & Happiness\n00:54:23 Trauma & Happiness, Lottery Winner vs. Paraplegic Accident\n01:05:05 Synthesizing Happiness\n01:09:18 Natural Happiness & Synthetic Happiness; Music\n01:13:45 Tool: Synthesizing Happiness: Effort, Environment & Gratitude\n01:24:50 Tool: Pro-Social Spending\/Effort, Happiness\n01:31:55 Tool: Focus, Wandering Mind & Meditation \n01:39:40 Tool: Quality Social Connection\n01:41:28 Brief Social Connection, Facial Recognition & Predictability\n01:46:33 Deep Social Connection, Presence & Eye Contact\n01:54:00 Physical Contact & Social Connection, Allogrooming, Pets\n02:03:00 Freedom & Choice; Synthetic Happiness\n02:11:57 Happiness Toolkit\n02:22:00 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Neural Network Newsletter, Social Media\n\nHuberman Lab is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor\/patient relationship is formed. 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