🎧 Listening to The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos: Emotions Are Data…So Listen to Them. Uncomfortable emotions such as anger, guilt or loneliness are like the guiding beam of a lighthouse – they warn you of dangers ahead and help you navigate a meaningful life more effectively. Harvard Medical School psychologist Susan David tells Dr Laurie Santos why many of us choose to ignore negative feelings or suppress them – when we should be engaging with them in a way that helps us understand what is going wrong in our lives and what we need to do to fix things and find greater happiness.