June Gruber is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University, and Director of the Positive Emotion and Psychopathology Laboratory. She received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on understanding positive emotion, happiness, and how it can inform both mental health and dysfunction. She has authored numerous journals and articles, co-edited the book "Positive Emotion: Integrating the Light and Dark Sides," received several early nationally-recognized career awards.
The Challenge: We want to be happy all the time and want to avoid feeling bad.The Science: Feeling down ain’t so bad! There’s an upside to negative emotions!The Solution: With increased awareness, both good and bad feelings can improve your life. I think it’s safe to say that we all generally want the same thing. To be happy. And […]
