Retire Happy – Dr. Catherine Sanderson

Next week, Retirement Wisdom is partnering with One Day University to bring you a FREE live-streamed talk with renowned Amherst Professor Catherine Sanderson. Exclusively for listeners of The Retirement Wisdom Podcast If you listen to our podcast, you may have heard me mention One Day University. One Day University brings over 200+ top-rated professors together online to present incredible, live-streamed talks based on their most popular courses. You can learn something new every day, about history, art, psychology, and much more. It’s like going back to college, but no homework or tests - just the joy of learning from top experts. Professor Sanderson will present a live-streamed, one-hour version of her most popular course, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness, including time to ask her questions, in real-time. This course will take place on January 18th, at 7 pm Eastern If you can’t tune in live, everyone who RSVPs will receive a link to watch the class anytime they want. To RSVP today for this free class, just visit: www.onedayu.com/retirementwisdom __________________________ If you're planning for retirement, you're focusing on covering all your bases. But how about your happiness? When you're able to retire, will you be prepared to retire happy? Professor Catherine Sanderson joins us for a conversation about research from the field of positive psychology on happiness, and her practical recommendations on how to enhance your well-being. We discuss: How she become interested in positive psychology and in the study of happiness How our Mindsets influence us What predicts happiness If Eyerores can become Tiggers If money buys happiness Why linking happiness to external events isn't wise How we think about aging influences how we actually age How she applies the research on optimism and happiness in her daily life What gets in the way of happiness that we should avoid Practical tips to enhance your happiness Dr. Sanderson joins us from Amherst, Massachusetts. _________________________ Bio Catherine A. Sanderson is the Poler Family Professor and chair of psychology at Amherst College. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University.  Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, as well as the Introduction to Psychology course for The Great Courses. In 2012, she was named one of the country's top 300 professors by the Princeton Review. Professor Sanderson has written trade books on parenting as well as how mindset influences happiness, health, and even how long we live (The Positive Shift). Her latest trade book, published in North America as Why We Act: Turning Bystanders Into Moral Rebels (Harvard University Press) and internationally as The Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Courage and Inaction (HarperCollins), examines why good people so often stay silent or do nothing in the face of wrongdoing. For a preview of the topics addressed in this book, watch Catherine’s TEDx talk on the Psychology of Inaction, which describes the factors that contribute to inaction and provides strategies we all can use to help people act, even when those around them are not. Professor Sanderson speaks regularly for public and corporate audiences on topics such as the science of happiness,