I found this to be an excellent course, packed full of research findings on well-being as well as many practical tips, techniques and recommendations on how to rewire our brains. I took detailed notes on the seven weeks comprising the main course material, printed out some key excerpts, and plan to continue reflecting on the ideas, working on my own well-being and sharing my notes and learnings with others. Thank you!

Information packed course, which was presented in a very lively manner! Really enjoyed the presentation by Laurie Santos, her approachable style, the videos, additional readings, interviews,... Only "not happy" that the course is already over - which it would be longer or there were a few more courses from Laurie Santos to deepen the knowledge and practise the exercises. I have already recommended the course to many!

I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to improve their well-being. The content of the course is fascinating and provides valuable insight into how our brains are wired. Continuing to follow the lessons from the course afterwards should help improve lifestyle and happiness significantly. Laurie is a good tutor who comes across as personable and is able to captivate attention in her delivery of the material.

I really enjoyed taking this class and it was very timely during the pandemic. Some of the things were reminders but a lot of new information about what really makes us happy. I enjoyed the science and the articles discussed. It was the right balance of evidence of data without overwhelmingly boring statistics. I would recommend this class to all adults especially if you are struggling with what is important in life.

I really find the course helpful from Laurie Santos as it integrates a lot of research data and it makes us aware to value the right things which will assist to live a purposeful life with great experiences and memory along the journey. I'm thankful to Yale University and my lecturer Laurie Santos for making this course available and I respect their vision to help students to identify the things that matters the most.

Well presented and thought out. I enjoyed the lectures and the topics and learned both about the science of happiness and some practical tips. The instructor did an excellent job, and I also enjoyed the interviews she did. The one thing I would change would be to have a short lecture every week during the last 4 weeks, which I think would help reinforce what I had learned and keep me motivated for the re-wirement.

This course is excellent! I loved that this course contained both the science and information on the research studies but also included a section allowing us to apply and test the theories we had learned about on ourselves! This has helped me greatly improve my own well-being!

In addition, I found Professor Laurie Santos incredibly engaging, interesting and an excellent lecturer! All in all a great course! Thank you!

Dr. Laurie Santos' course is excellent. She strikes a balance between an accessible communication style and content which is grounded in research. This principles of this course that could make a significant difference to how anyone may consider their lives in terms of well-being (and happiness) and many younger persons could benefit from having access to such a well-being course as a part of their school curriculum.

I successfully completed The Science of Well-Being course from Yale University on Coursera! This course taught me so many valuable insights on how to create a happy life and lifestyle. Most of the tools are simple and applicable to everyday life. Considering COVID, mental health is everything, so I want to thank MediaCom for providing this free course. If anyone is curious to hear more about this course, let me know.

first week felt it was bit slow and boring but it all started from 2nd week... I started taking notes, did the assignments...and started tracking the rewirements on the excel sheet for 6 weeks at a stretch...I really felt noticing positive changes in me... Thankful for the wonderful course and to the professor. This course can help inculcate positive habits that are really powerful in enriching our happiness index.

I absolutely loved this course.. Interesting, Scientifically backed, and just joy to participate in..Fantastic course on well-being. I learned a lot of easy strategies for myself,and to share with others,to increase happiness in every aspect of life.. Happiness starts within us. We just need to find it at the bottom of our hearts. ❤️

Lot of thanks to our wonderful Instructor Laurie Santos. Thank you Yale and Coursera!

Thank you so much for creating an excellent course and I love how this is readily available to everyone. The course helped kick start some motivation and happiness during these difficult CoVid times. I loved the science and data presented. It's great to see ideas backed with rigorous data. My field is in language testing and the content about growth mindset was particularly interesting and useful to me. Thanks again.

This course was more than just lectures about theories of what can make you "happy" according to science/scientific research, toward the end of the course, you will have to do the 4 weeks rewirement program which will really help you build some of the new habits you have been wanting to have them stick around but never managed to for a long time. Give it a go, it's very informative and highly practical, and engaging.

Taking this course has definitely increased my sense of well being. I learned ways to increase my happiness like savoring, gratitude, social connection, meditation, WOOP. The four week rewirement challenge has helped me to integrate exercising into my daily lifestyle. I feel myself more cheerful, healthy, and fulfilled. I am grateful for having completed this course, thank You Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale and Coursea.

With a core strength of life long learning, I really enjoyed the science behind the practices. As a nurse, I was aware of many of the keys to success and health, like mindfulness, exercise, and sleep. And I picked up many new skills, like savoring and gratitude and WOOP. So I am working on hard-wiring the re-wiring. Many thanks for making the class available.

Now I can say I went to Yale. Where do I get the T-shirt?

This course has been an exhilarating journey of discovery and practice. It has been an exploration as well as a step towards becoming healthier and happier. As a student of psychology, I savoured the rich insights thrown up by science, whereas as a student of life, I put my mind to rewiring certain habits in my life to practice wellbeing on an on-going basis. The course totally lived up to its name and expectations!

This is the best course that I have taken about the Science of Well-Being. I previously took the Positive Psychology course from the University of Pennsylvania, which was excellent. However, Professor Laurie Santos is a great communicator making complex information easy to understand to even people that don't have a Psychology degree. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about happiness.

The use of psychology and specific wellness activities is a very practical way to increase happiness and fulfillment in life. The course shares the workings of wh society wants things that make them less happy and uses this to drive the point home - that happines is about wanting the right things. The course was well structured and well paced, with multiple forms of media contributing to a more engaging curriculum.

This is one of the online courses I ever did. It has great research to back the subjects and it is very well balanced, so it's very easy to go through the course. Plus, I'm the evidence the course really works. It took me from a low moment in life and got me 8 weeks after to a point where I am more positive, I do more sport, I enjoy the food more often and I take myself less seriously. Hope you'll give it a chance!

This is an excellent course on several fronts. The content is fascinating and well presented. The lectures are well produced. The quizzes were useful reminders of just covered material. But the best part is the project. As the course says 'knowing is not half the battle'. Just knowing what we need to do to be happier is not enough. We have to put it in operation and the second half of the course is all about that.

I really liked the course. It really helped me to rewire, eventhough I already started on my own. This was just the extra push I needed.

I enjoyed the lectures and I think Professor Santos is amazing. She explained everything so well, but also made it fun. This was motivating me to continue and finish this course.

I would highly recommend this course to any other person. Whether you feel unhappy or not. Just do it!

Thank you for making this course available for free for everyone! This course has all the tools you need to find happiness, whatever that looks like for you. The instructor is engaging, and the material is interesting and applicable to daily life. As an online course, you will get out of it what you put into it. I encourage everyone to take this course and truly commit to building better habits for a happier life.

I didn't think I was going to love this course, but took it to see what all the fuss was about. I'm a generally happy person who already had regular practices of exercise, meditation and gratitude so I thought I "knew it all" already. I was wrong. I especially found the suggested readings on the Science of Happiness interesting. I highly recommend this to anyone - even if you already think you're happy enough! :D

It´s very important, maybe the most important thing in life, to be happy, enojoy and feel grateful. In this course you have the posibility to learn how to do this correctly thanks to scientists that make studies about well-being. I think everyone should at least choose one lecture of interest and watch it. Thank you Yale and Laurie Santos for this awsome opportunity. Best regards from Argentina, Martina Grazioli.

I loved to review all these practices and to get all these additional insights and readings. I've been interested in health and food, yoga, meditation and mindfulness for the last decade and here it all came together and I learned new things. I love the combination of theory and practice, that works very well for me. The Covid period and the lockdown was perfect timing to freshen up some of the topics. Thank you!