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Every book Dr. Laurie Santos recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Dr. Laurie Santos appears on, in one place — not just one.
Dr. Laurie Santos has discussed and recommended various books on podcasts related to psychology, happiness, and behavioral change. During an appearance on The Daily Stoic, she recommended Catherine Price's How to Break Up with Your Phone, highlighting its practical approach to managing screen time and digital habits. On the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Santos brought up Ross Gay's The Book of Delights to illustrate the benefits of maintaining a daily delight practice, a recommendation she also shared on The Jordan Harbinger Show to explain how noticing positive moments can improve overall well-being. While speaking on No Stupid Questions, she mentioned reading A Guide to the Good Life by William B. Irvine, explaining how the book's stoic philosophy helped her cope with a personal injury. Furthermore, during her appearance on the Huberman Lab podcast, she discussed Jessica Pan's Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come while exploring how introverts can successfully push past their comfort zones.
Books recommended by Dr. Laurie Santos
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The Book of Delights
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay is a collection of lyrical essays wherein the author commits to recording daily observations of beauty and wonder over the course of a challenging year.
Recommended“there's a really lovely book by the author Ross gay called The Book of delights and and he used a delight practice where every day he not only had to find a delight but write a short essay about it”
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A Guide to the Good Life
A Guide to the Good Life by William B.
Recommended“and then I actually went back to the stoics because I know I needed hardcore people who are going to help me with this and I read a book by this current practicing stoic Bill Irvine”
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How to break up with your phone
How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price is a practical guide that offers strategies for reducing screen time and fundamentally changing one's relationship with digital devices.
Recommended“Katherine Price who's been on my podcast the happiness lab a bunch she has this lovely book called How to Break Up with Your Phone where she kind of argues you don't need to break up with your phone but you need to take it like to couples counseling for kind of situations like this with the news and she”
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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come by Jessica Pan is a humorous and insightful memoir about an introverted journalist who spends a year pushing herself out of her comfort zone by saying yes to every social invitation and terrifying situation that comes her way.
Discussed“I had this lovely woman Jessica pan on the show is this book called sorry I'm late I didn't want to come”
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