Dream Big: What Happiness Is and Is Not with Pelin Kesebir

Jun 29, 2017 - 6:15PM to 7:30PM

In this talk, Pelin Kesebir, social psychologist and Center Assistant Scientist, will combine recent insights from the science of happiness with ancient wisdom and lay out the fundamentals of happiness – what it is, what it isn’t, and how each of us can take simple steps to come closer to achieving the fundamental dream that unites us all.

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