We all want to live a happy life, but what does research say about how to actually achieve it?   For more than 86 years, researchers at Harvard University have been trying to answer that question.  In one of the longest-running and most comprehensive studies of human happiness, Harvard tracked 724 teenagers through eve

Today, you’ll learn the surprising science of what creates a meaningful life, based on 8 decades of research.   This conversation is so profound that you might need to take a second listen.  Prepare to laugh, cry, and leave feeling empowered to find and create the happiness and connection that you want.  Because the tr

This one study will change how you think about your entire life. Today, you’re getting the definitive answer to this powerful question: What makes a good life? There is nothing more important than this conversation. Because by the time you are done listening, your life won’t be the same.  In this episode, you’re gettin

What makes YOU happy? Dr. Robert Waldinger is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, an 83-year-old project that tracks how life experience across decades affects health and wellbeing in middle age and beyond. Robert shares the surprising things he’s learned about what makes a meaningful life and what

What makes a good life? How important are relationships in helping us lead happy and meaningful lives? Dr. 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.

Today we welcome Robert Waldinger to the podcast. Robert is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development. His TEDx talk on this subject has received nearly 44 million view