# Science-Based Tools for Increasing Happiness
## Metadata
- Author: [[Huberman Lab]]
- Full Title: Science-Based Tools for Increasing Happiness
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/c96f21fe-20df-439c-a1e5-e6e52c18a8bd
## Highlights
- Getting Bright Sunlight in Your Eyes Around Sunset
Summary:
Most people keep the indoor lights rather dim at a time when they need more photons. You actually want to do the reverse. There's an even simpler solution, which is to get some bright sunlight in your eyes right around the time of sunset.
Transcript:
Speaker 1
And 4 a.m. Or off entirely. That's going to be a far better pattern for your sleep, wake cycles, focus, mood, etc. Then what most people do, which is to have a few windows in their indoor working environment during the day and keep the indoor lights rather dim at a time when they need more photons, more light energy. And then in the evening when they get home because it's dark outside, they tend to turn the lights much brighter. You actually want to do the reverse. Now there's an even simpler solution, which is to get some bright sunlight in your eyes right around the time of sunset. It doesn't have to be exactly at sunset. ([Time 0:10:05](https://share.snipd.com/snip/795acc10-4206-4d06-bbd7-87c32f1c6e4e))
- The Relationship Between Dopamine and Bipolar Disorder
Summary:
Very low levels are very high levels of dopamine. Are correlated with certain states of, for instance, low happiness or the absence of happiness. And those people will talk a mile a minute and they won't require sleep. But at least to them, every idea is an exciting idea and one that they want to pursue.
Transcript:
Speaker 1
And those people will talk a mile a minute and they won't require sleep and at least to them, every idea is an exciting idea and one that they want to pursue. We did an entire episode about bipolar depression, AK bipolar disorder. So we'd like to learn more about that. Please check out that episode, that and all other episodes of the podcast. Of course, you can find it, HubermanLab.com in all formats. But the point here is that very low levels are very high levels of dopamine. Are correlated with certain states of, for instance, low happiness or the absence of happiness. ([Time 0:22:43](https://share.snipd.com/snip/2485e1d0-91c9-42ab-98a0-1a1f7a745f21))