426: The Good Life: How The Meaning of Happiness Has Shifted Over the Last 85 Years with Marc Schulz, PhD
Retire With Purpose - The Retirement Podcast
Casey Weade
4.7 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Today, I'm talking to Marc Schulz, PhD. In addition to being a practicing therapist, Dr. Schulz is the Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, Director of the Data Science program at Bryn Mawr, and former chair of that school's psychology and clinical development psychology PhD programs.
In this conversation, we dig into his book that he co-authored, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. I've been following this study for most of my career, we've referenced it several times on the podcast and I'm thrilled to get a chance to talk to him about it.
In today's deep dive into the study of happiness, we get into what he's learned in the twenty years he's been involved in this program, how he defines the "good life" and what it truly means to be happy, and why we need relationships of all kinds to thrive in our modern world and enjoy a "good life."
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In this podcast interview, you'll learn:
- How the Harvard Study of Adult Development changed the way Dr. Schulz shows up in the world and what he does on a daily basis.
- Why the meaning of happiness has shifted over the last 85 years.
- What makes humans so bad at knowing what's good for them and what will make them happy.
- Why relationships and connectedness are so critical to our long-term well-being.
- How to get off autopilot and be more intentional in the relationships you care most about.
- What the WISER model is–and how to use it to address and solve challenges in life.
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| 0:00.0 | we need to assess where people are in that social universe and then begin to take steps to |
| 0:05.7 | enrich the number of energizing and frequent interactions that we have. Are they with people that |
| 0:11.8 | are really important to you? Or is it a person that has in the past hurt you and has no interest |
| 0:17.7 | in working on the relationship? And if that's the case, then you may need to say goodbye to that connection if it's not |
| 0:24.5 | critical to you in your life. |
| 0:34.7 | Welcome to Retire with Purpose Podcast. |
| 0:36.9 | My name is Casey Weed, where it is my mission to deliver clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life. |
| 0:42.4 | And if you're new to the show, I want you to know exactly what that means and what to expect as you go on this journey with us. |
| 0:48.3 | We're going to talk both about the financial and non-financial aspects of retirement and finances and life. And today we're going to be |
| 0:55.5 | focusing on happiness. We have one over a world-class guests with us. But every single Friday, |
| 1:00.6 | you'll also notice we do a short form podcast. We deliver to you typically around our weekend |
| 1:05.0 | reading for retirees email articles. Those are trending topics that can impact your bottom |
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| 1:16.7 | takeaways from myself every single Friday, along with all types of other invaluable |
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| 1:25.8 | so don't worry about getting overwhelmed. |
| 1:35.2 | And it's super easy to get signed up at retirethpurpose.com or just text us WR to 866-482.9559. |
| 1:40.2 | And as I said, today's long form. So every other Monday, we bring to you a world-class guest. |
| 1:45.3 | And as a weekend reading subscriber, the cool thing you have the opportunity to do is help co-architect these interviews with me as we reach out to you as a subscriber prior to these |
| 1:50.5 | interviews and ask you to submit your personal questions to our guests. I'm going to bring several |
| 1:55.6 | of those conversational and questions here into the conversation here today with our guest, Dr. Mark Schultz. |
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