Office Hours with Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks 58 - One Year of Office Hours: Lessons on Love and Friendship

Hi Friends, I’m Arthur Brooks, a social scientist, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, columnist at The Free Press. I write, speak, and teach about the science of human happiness, blending neuroscience, behavioral science, philosophy, and religion for insights on how to live better and be happier. Each week on Office Hours, you’ll get a glimpse into the cutting edge research on happiness, and explore how you can use it to improve your life—and share what you learn with those you love. Join me in the movement to build a happier world–starting with you.

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Office Hours with Arthur Brooks

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One Year of Office Hours: Lessons on Love and Friendship

Why You Should Let People Help You More

The Power of Sunlight: Protocols for Better Mood, Sleep & Happiness

How Lying Sabotages Your Happiness

Use Music to Change Your Brain and Get Happier

How to Stay in Love with Your Soul Mate, with Special Guest Ester Brooks

Why Success Never Feels Like Enough

How to Beat Burnout

9 Rules for a Happier Vacation

How to Stop Dating the Wrong Person

The Real Cost of Family Estrangement

The Diet Protocols for Happiness

4 Ways to Get Better at Friendship

Stop Trying to be Perfect

How to Enjoy Your Life

How to Manage Grief

Why You Literally Need to Touch Grass

6 Big Lessons to Build Your Dream Life with Sahil Bloom

How to Create Your Calling

6 Protocols to Find Meaning and Build a Happier Life

How the Meaning of Life Affects Your Brain: Part 2 of 3

Find the Meaning of Your Life Part 1 of 3: Get Better at Boredom

3 Steps to Embracing Your Fears

How to find your faith

The Science Behind Being Good at Leisure

How to Live Your Life Like a Start-up with Codie Sanchez

How to Find Love in 2026

4 Ways to Be Less Lonely

6 Financial Rules for Greater Happiness with Dave Ramsey

How to Set the Right Goals in Life

How to Stop Caring What Others Think

The 8 Life Lessons that Hoda Kotb Follows

3 Ways to Set Smarter New Year’s Resolutions

My 4-Step Method for Making the Holidays Better

3 Ways to Want Less and Be Happier

The 3 Macronutrients of Happiness, and How to Measure Yours

The Truth About Creativity, Aging, and Discipline: From the World’s Best-Selling Author (James Patterson)

5 Steps Toward a More Grateful Life

My 9-Step Evening Protocol for More Happiness and Better Sleep

A 5-Step Approach to Ending Your Phone Addiction

Four Practical Ways to Live Like a Stoic with Ryan Holiday

The 4 Types of Careers, and How to Find Yours

4 Ways to Love the People You Disagree With

3 Steps to Managing Your Emotions

4 Ways to Use Common Knowledge to be Happier with Steven Pinker

Exercise Your Way to Greater Well-Being

My 6-Step Morning Protocol for a Better Day

7 Habits That Lead to Happiness in Old Age

Fame ruined me, but faith saved me: Office Hours meets The Office, with special guest Rainn Wilson

2 Proven Strategies (and 1 Big Mistake) for Dealing with Anxiety