I would recommend this class for everyone. It really helps to focus on what's important. I started becoming more social by talking to strangers and reconnecting with friends. It's really helped me to feel more powerful which was a great side effect to working on happiness. Meditating every day has allowed me to be more patient and calm.

Excellent! I would recommend this course to anyone at any age. All the concepts are very applicable to every day life! This course beats any workshop or self-help book, I learned more than I thought I would. The teacher is down to earth and easy to understand. This course has helped me improve my life and outlook in awesome ways! Thank you!

This course significantly helped me improve my overall well being and general happiness. I was struggling with mood swings, depression, anxiety, and low self esteem. After taking this course, I feel like I have the tools to manage my happiness and well-being and I have created several new habits that have impacted my life for the better.

"I did the course in September 2020 and I really found the experience excellent. I never thought that in a few weeks so much could be learned. Amazing. Thanks to the professionalism of the teacher I not only obtained a certificate, but also a change in my quality of Therefore, the course is highly recommended.Thank you, Dr. Laurie Santos "

The Science of Well Being, as taught by Laurie Santos, was a truly engaging course in which I have already seen the many benefits from. I would encourage everyone to take this course. Not only will individuals profit from the many practices it outlines but, the overall well being of those they encounter could be impactfully unquantifiable.

This course is life changing! It is an incredible way to learn how to shift the focus in your life onto things that will truly impact your happiness. Professor Santos is an amazing, engaging leader. The knowledge and tools from the course are ones that will be applicable throughout your life. I will be forever grateful for this experience!

Great course, with quality content. Very easy to keep up but even easier to implement the happiness practices. Highly recommend this! It was a breeze to complete during the quarantine and it helped me focus on an Abundance or Growth Mindset as opposed to a fixed or scarcity mindset in the middle of this pandemic and global economic crisis.

Awesome! I started by taking this class and now actually sharing it with friends and family.

Also, I'm a high school teacher and I'm actually virtually offering this course to some of the students at my school and they love it.

Thanks for this, it's made me a happier person, of late, I hope the lessons will stick with me for the long term.

Thank you for the opportunity to take your course. I think I could summarize my particular take away... Ruby slippers in the wizard of OZ (when the good witch says "you always had the power to go home". .. Happiness is always there within you, you just need to become aware of it...

Thank you and wishing you a wonderful summer.

John Koperwas

Really enjoyed the course although getting peer review is a little tough looking at what others have done, said and achieved so far, yet without it you will have only a 99% course complete.

Laurie's knowledge and pure enjoyment of teaching this is brilliant and infectious. More should do the course, especially in this time of social media.

Ha Ha! I know that we can't force folks to take this course however, imagine the possibilities of helping more folks create a sense of well-being, happiness, power and control. In learning to implement these strategies and learning the science behind some of our poor choices we can create a more peaceful community and world! MANY thanks !

Laurie Santos single handedly charted this entire course with enormous concepts beginning with Happiness, Perma and concluding with WOOP creator Gabrielle. Salutations to Professor Laurie.Conceptual overview was phenomenal and answering tests and quiz too were challenging and of highest order. A truly enriching life time learning program.

Laurie is such a knowledgeable and likable professor. Learned so much and this course has already helped me become a better person, and become more content, in just a few months time. I have already recommended The Science of Well-Being to several friends, and will continue to do so whenever the opportunity arises. Thanks so much, Laurie!

You need this class! It will open your eyes and heart to really consider what you really want in life. All the things that society tells us are important usually aren't so and research can prove it! This class will make you reconsider how you live and give you the tools to make your life a meaningful one. Try it, you have nothing to lose.

I can truly say that this course has solidified my previous healthy habits and reinforced them with research based evidence. Plus, I have developed a new habit of social connections that has truly made my life happier. I'm so glad this course came into my realm of experience. I will be forever grateful for what it has added to my life.

This course was a game changer in ways I never could have expected. I highly recommend it and particularly would like to see this kind of content and approach be brought into high schools as an antidote to everything kids are exposed to in high school and the resulting explosion in mental health challenges among teens, particularly girls.

During this time of uncertainty and confusion it was nice to focus on something positive. I have learned new techniques and ways to improve my well being and happiness throughout this process. At some point I will be working all of the rewirements into my life and looking forward to much happiness. Thank you for the opportunity to grow.

This course is very helpful to those wishing to explore what truly makes one happy. Hint: It is not what you think. The instructor is knowledgable, the class interaction is helpful, and the reading is enlightening. I can't think of a better time in which to investigate the source of well-being. This course will help you on your journey.

This course, when done thoroughly, is really valuable to help generate positive patterns in your life, which in turn improve well-being. It can also be helpful to understand the people in your life who may be stuck in negative patterns. It is the littlest of steps that can turn life in the positive direction, so keep taking those steps!

Course content was excellent and the presentations were both informative and interesting. Laurie Santos is a great instructor - her pace and content was very good, had the right amount of questions and quizes to verify that we were learning / meeting the objectives fo the course. I would definitely take more courses from Laurie Santos.

Such a brilliant and inspiring course! A very interesting, engaging and easy to digest compilation of scientific findings on how to be happier. It does not get any better than that! The lecturer is really welcoming and captivating. Definitely one of the strongest aspects. A real life hero in my opinion. So much gratitude for this course!

I like how the course was presented: first, the misconceptions, and then eventually, the things that will really make us happy. It was like relearning again the things and practices to make us truly happy. This was my first time in taking a course here and I am happy that I finished this without having to put too much pressure on myself.

I'm grateful that I took this course! This is a beginner course for those who are interested in psychology or those who want to explore within themselves. I committed to finish this course and learned a lot from it. It took on few hours per week but what I've learned here could be applied for a life time and further to share with others.

This course was very informative. I learned so much from the readings and enjoyed the videos. I believe that this course is extremely valuable during this time of great anxiety. It has given me great methods of lowering stress which has allowed me to increase my happiness when in the past, I would have been negative and feeling helpless!

It is a fantastic course and the presentation by Laurie Santos is really exceptional. I attended such a course for the first time in my life & I personally thank Coursera for having such course among other courses. It really motivates oneself and I can say that it has changed my views, my thinking, my way of looking at others altogether.