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This Emotional Life

This 3-part series represents what television does best. It opens a window into real lives, exploring ways to improve our social relationships, cope with emotional issues, and become more positive, resilient individuals.

Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychologist and best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness.

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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Your Friends' Friends Can Make You Happy

This Emotional Life | Your Friends' Friends Can Make You Happy Dr. Nicholas Christakis explains how happines... Dr. Nicholas Christakis explains how happiness flows one person to another. (1:30)

  • Duration: 1:30
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Asperger's Syndrome

This Emotional Life | Asperger's Syndrome Jason, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrom, t... Jason, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrom, talks about his strug (2:27)

  • Duration: 2:27
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | The Price of Being Human

This Emotional Life | The Price of Being Human Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist... Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and writer, talks about l (2:07)

  • Duration: 2:07
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Born on a Sunny Day

This Emotional Life | Born on a Sunny Day Katie Couric, the anchor of CBS Evening News,... Katie Couric, the anchor of CBS Evening News, shares her personal story of lo (2:07)

  • Duration: 2:07
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | A Special Emotion

This Emotional Life | A Special Emotion Dr. Nicholas Christakis, talks about the uniq... Dr. Nicholas Christakis, talks about the uniquely personal nature of grief. (0:58)

  • Duration: 0:58
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | The First Connection

This Emotional Life | The First Connection Dr. Lane Strathearn talks about the mother-ch... Dr. Lane Strathearn talks about the mother-child bond and how that sets the (1:14)

  • Duration: 1:14
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Tennis Friends

This Emotional Life | Tennis Friends John McEnroe talks about the difficulty of ma... John McEnroe talks about the difficulty of maintaining friendships. (0:46)

  • Duration: 0:46
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Career and friendship

This Emotional Life | Career and friendship John Leguizamo talks about how success altere... John Leguizamo talks about how success altered his priorities and threatened his frien (0:37)

  • Duration: 0:37
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | Choosing Friends

This Emotional Life | Choosing Friends Elizabeth Gilbert talks about how she chooses... Elizabeth Gilbert talks about how she chooses her friends. (1:00)

  • Duration: 1:00
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This Emotional Life This Emotional Life | You can't buy happiness

This Emotional Life | You can't buy happiness America Ferrara shares a personal story about... America Ferrara shares a personal story about the isolation she felt in the e (1:05)

  • Duration: 1:05
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