830: Lessons Learned from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger

830: Lessons Learned from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger

Dr. Robert Waldinger breaks down key insights on happiness gathered from the Harvard Study of Adult Development.


— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top stress regulator—and how to cultivate it in your life

2) Two big happiness myths to debunk

3) How to foster warm, authentic relationships with one question


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— ABOUT ROBERT —

Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents.

He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. Robert is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.

• Book: The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

• Website: TheGoodLifeBook.com

• Study: AdultDevelopmentStudy.org


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Happiness is Love: Full Stop” by George E. Vaillant

• Article: “Why We Need Best Friends at Work” by Annemarie Mann

• Book: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers

• Book: Pride & Prejudice (Deluxe Edition) by Jane Austen

• Book: The Overstory by Richard Powers

• Book: Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide by Barry Magid

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