In Dan Buettner’s book, Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way (National Geographic, 2010), he speaks with citizens in four distinctly different places — Denmark, Singapore, northeastern Mexico and San Luis Obispo, Calif. — and finds that, as different as these places are, there are important variables that contribute to them ranking on surveys as the happiest people in the world. Experience Life senior editor Courtney Helgoe speaks with him about his findings in this podcast.












