Frontiers in Health & Happiness
The Frontiers in Health & Happiness Podcast features the discoveries and perspectives of experts in the fields of positive health, happiness, and well-being.
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- Aug 17, 2026
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Finding Awe with Dr. Demond Hill (opens the original)
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The final episode in our Virtues for Well-being series features Dr. Demond Hill, Assistant Professor of Health Equity at Tufts University in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development. Dr. Hill explores the power of awe—a transcendent emotion that can foster connection, healing, and flourishing, even in communities and spaces too often overlooked or marginalized.
The Big Joy Project with Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas (opens the original)
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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Science Director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, where she reveals how gratitude, compassion, and social connection can measurably improve mental health, well-being, resilience, and longevity. Learn the surprising research behind the Big Joy Project, and simple evidence-based habits that can boost happiness, reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and help you flourish.
Born to Flourish with Dr. Richard Davidson (opens the original)
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Neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson joins Frontiers in Health & Happiness to explore the science of well-being, meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and how training the mind can physically reshape the brain. He shares fascinating insights from studying the brains of monks, discovering how long-term meditation may make them different from untrained people, and reflects on his decades-long friendship with the Dalai Lama and its influence on his work.
Raising Caring Children with Richard Weissbourd (opens the original)
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In this episode, Richard Weissbourd explores why raising caring, moral children may be one of the most urgent challenges of our time. He reveals how parents, schools, and society can help young people thrive—not just by chasing achievement or happiness, but by learning to care for others and the common good.
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