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Original editorial illustration portrait of Laurie Santos
ManyMasters portrait series

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Luminaries · 1975–

Laurie Santos

Health & HappinessEmotional Wellbeing

Makes the science of wellbeing accessible by exposing common misconceptions about what actually makes people happier.

Laurie Santos is included in the Luminaries collection for work associated with Health & Happiness and Emotional Wellbeing. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Luminaries

movement in the collection

1975–

life and work

2

focus areas

Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through health & happiness
  • Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
“Our minds lie to us about what will make us happy.”

— Laurie Santos, The Happiness Lab

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“Our minds lie to us about what will make us happy.”

— Laurie Santos, The Happiness Lab

Makes the science of wellbeing accessible by exposing common misconceptions about what actually makes people happier.

  • Health & Happiness
  • Emotional Wellbeing