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Emma Seppälä, Ph.D.

Psychologist, Author, Speaker

Author and Yale lecturer Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. empowers leaders with her expertise in happiness and relationships. Shaping future leaders at Yale's Women's Leadership Program, her acclaimed books "The Happiness Track" and "Sovereign" offer research-backed insights. Seppälä also champions compassion research at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education as the Science Director.

Resources by Emma Seppälä, Ph.D.

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Given the extraordinary low levels of engagement in the U.S. workforce — a recent Gallup poll showed that 70% of …

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About a month ago, a group of about 20 men—all fathers in their 30s and 40s—gathered at a home in …

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Whether we’re high power execs or stay-at-home moms, self-criticism is a tendency that many people have. In fact we often …

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In our over-stressed world, many health care providers, social workers, and caregivers are suffering from slow yet painful burnout. Many …

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Mindfulness is quickly following yoga in becoming a billion-dollar industry. It’s no surprise, then, that the popularity of mindfulness meditation …

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Have you noticed that checking your email impacts how you think and feel? It does so in 5 important ways. …

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To many people, the idea of compassionate leadership is touchy-feely at best and bad management at worst. But new research …

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Wellness programs are becoming an integral priority for most human resource managers. After all, research shows that a happier workplace …

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When Jared walked into a meeting to discuss a new marketing approach for a product, the conversation didn’t play out …

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Our culture is obsessed with productivity. But research shows that stressing ourselves out over an ever-expanding to-do list actually works …

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Given the extraordinary low levels of engagement in the U.S. workforce — a recent Gallup poll showed that 70% of …