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Mindful Reset: The Science Behind Happiness
Join us for this special Mindful Reset series, where we uncover the technical aspects of positive emotions.
Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas
Science Director, Greater Good Science Center
Miami
Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center (GGSC)at UC Berkeley, where she oversees its fellowship program, and is a co-instructor of the GGSC’s Science of Happiness online course and the GGSC’s Science of Happiness at Work online course series.Emiliana earned her doctorate in Cognition Brain and Behavior at UC Berkeley, where she studied prosocial states like love of humanity, compassion, and awe. Before joining the GGSC, she was associate director/senior scientist at CCARE (the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education) at Stanford University. She is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Compassion Science.
About The Greater Good Science Center
Since 2001, The Greater Good Science Center at UCBerkeley has been at the fore of a new scientific movement to explore the roots of happy and compassionate individuals, strong social bonds, and altruistic behavior—the science of a meaningful life. The center’s projects include the award-winning online magazine Greater Good; Greater Good in Action, an online collection of science-backed practices for a happier, more meaningful life and it’s analog companion Greater Good Toolkit; and the center’s much lauded podcast The Science of Happiness.
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