Teleconversation with: SonjaLyubomirsky

The Top Questions

There is the saying that misery loves company. Does "happy" love company too?

What do you think about the "Law of Attraction"?

As an expert on what it takes to be happy, you should be the happiest person in the world. IS that true?

If you have children, what can you do while they are young to help them build the tools to be happy in their lives?

Do you believe in psychiatrists or is it ultimately up to us to keep our minds in order?

Is the 40% the magic pill or do some people that have depression in their genes need anti-depressants as well?

Who are the happiest people you have ever met through your research or your life and what secrets can you share about what they were doing right in their lives?

If you hate the 9-5 grind and it makes you restless and depressed even if you are naturally a happy person do you have to quit the corporate 9-5 to be happy?

How do you use the insights you have found to help friends or family members who struggle with their own happiness but don't want to read a book because they have lost hope?

You talk about exercise helping with happiness...does it matter what kind of exercise or is it anything that gets your heart pumping?