This Emotional Life | Your Friends' Friends Can Make You Happy | PBS
Duration: 01:30
Program:
This Emotional Life #101
Broadcast Date: Jan. 4, 2010
Dr. Nicholas Christakis explains how happiness flows one person to another.
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This Emotional Life | Family,... (#101)
Full Program: Information to help us navigate our relationships with family, friends, and lovers. 01:53:36
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This Emotional Life | Tennis... (#101)
John McEnroe talks about the difficulty of maintaining friendships. 00:46
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This Emotional Life | Career and... (#101)
John Leguizamo talks about how success altered his priorities and threatened his friendships. 00:37
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This Emotional Life | Choosing... (#101)
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about how she chooses her friends. 01:00
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Happiness /... (#101)
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, talks about intimacy and relationships and why people are like porcupines. 01:58
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This Emotional Life | The Price... (#101)
Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and writer, talks about losing her husband of twenty years. She... 02:07
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This Emotional Life | The First... (#101)
Dr. Lane Strathearn describes the enduring nature of the mother-child bond and how that sets the stage for a... 01:14
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This Emotional Life | Born on a... (#101)
Katie Couric, the anchor of CBS Evening News, shares her personal story of losing her husband to cancer. 02:07
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Happiness... (#103)
Rev Run talks about finding happiness in the little things in life. 00:44
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Happiness /... (#103)
Chevy Chase talks about the fleeting nature of happiness and gratitude for his family. 00:56
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Happiness... (#103)
Larry David, creator of TV hits CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and SEINFELD, shares his unique perspective on happiness. 01:23
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Self-Help /... (#103)
Dr. John Norcross, a clinical psychologist and expert on self-help resources and psychotherapy, talks about the... 03:43
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Stress /... (#102)
Is so-called "retail therapy" a good way to handle stress? Does our consumption of things and goods really make us... 01:25
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Resilience... (#102)
Resilience and emotional well-being are often tested the most during times of an unexpected change in life... 04:10
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Happiness |... (#103)
This three-part series represents what television does best. It opens a window into real lives, exploring ways to... 04:21
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | Asperger's...
Science shows that connecting with others is the key to happiness. Jason, a 29-year-old man with Aspergers syndrome,... 03:57
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THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE | PBS
Dr. Dan Gilbert, author of bestselling book Stumbling on Happiness, talks about THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE at an October... 03:20
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This Emotional Life | Rethinking... (#103)
Full Program: The last episode explores happiness. It is critical to well-being, yet it remains such an elusive goal for many.... 01:54:08
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This Emotional Life | Beating...
Full Program: (This is a filmed webinar) On June 9, 2010, PBS's This Emotional Life partnered with NEDA and the Body Image Counsel... 58:31
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