Still Time for Joy
Still Time for Joy features practical advice for weathering life's storms, and inspiring stories of resilience.
Host Sandra Levine interviews experts on caregiving, trauma, grief, and other intense challenges to provide a road map for survival. Heroes and healers, adventurers and innovators encourage you to pursue more self-care, reflection, connection, and fun—and your own unique and joyful purpose.
Sandra is a television producer, filmmaker, and speaker who spent 20 years as a caregiver, first for her husband Michael, who had a brain injury, and then for her mother Dorothy, who had Alzheimer's Disease. She created this show to share lessons learned from those experiences to help you get through difficult times, too.
Still Time for Joy is also available as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
Still Time for Joy
UC Berkeley Scientist on How Happiness Does Not Come from Stuff, But Connection, Kindness, & Purpose
During the holiday season—and all year 'round—it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that happiness will come from buying the perfect gift or receiving the hottest new gadget. However, the research shows, happiness—or well-being—actually comes from cultivating meaningful relationships, enjoying rich experiences, and practicing kindness, compassion, and gratitude.
Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She is an internationally-renowned expert in the science of well-being, focusing on topics like compassion, gratitude, and empathy. Her research aims to understand how these emotions contribute to human flourishing and how they can be cultivated for a better society.
Listen to this interview with Emiliana Simon-Thomas to learn practical strategies for increasing your sense of well-being, that do not involve shopping or perfectionism, but rather spending quality time with people important to you, and rolling with the punches if something goes wrong with the holiday meal.
Greater Good Science Center https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/
Sandra Levine Productions https://sandralevine.com/
Still Time for Joy is available as a video podcast on YouTube @SandraLevineProd
