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Pessimism about Happiness

By Sonja Lyubomirsky | July 2010 | TRT 5:11

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Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at UC Riverside and the author of the best-selling books The How of Happiness and The…

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