Dr. Dacher Keltner is a full professor at the University of California Berkeley and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. His research focuses on the biological and evolutionary origins of compassion, awe, love, beauty, emotional expression, power, social class, and inequality. www.ggia.berkeley.edu

On this episode, Kim Forrester chats with Dacher about the science of happiness, explores what it means to be authentically happy, and discusses why social connection and service to others are keys to ongoing contentment.