A fascinating conversation with Cassie Holmes, professor at UCLA Anderson and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Happier Hour. During this episode, Cassie explains how she would define happiness: as subjective wellbeing, where more positive than negative emotions are experienced on average.

Many clients approach coaches looking for a sense of meaning in their lives, and Cassie explains here how meaning and happiness are interconnected. She also accounts for the ways in which negative experiences can be picked up in our sense of meaning, and looks at the difference between joy and satisfaction.

Cassie’s book Happier Hour looks at how people can invest their time to create more happiness in their lives. Although we may feel that we are “time poor,” she reminds us that it’s not about how much time we have but how we invest the time that’s at our disposal. Cassie also warns Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal about the risks of feeling “time poor” and how this perspective can cause us to miss what really matters in our lives.

Learn how to use your time intentionally, take a broader perspective of your life, and gather personalized data about what makes you happy by listening to the full episode.