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Life Coaching with Christine Hassler

CC: What defines happiness and how can you live a happier life with Dr. Robert Waldinger

Life Coaching with Christine Hassler

Christine Hassler

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Robert Waldinger joins me to talk about happiness - what it is, how we can be happy, myths about happiness and so much more. As a psychiatrist and the 4th director of the longest study on happiness, he is full of both wisdom and heart. He also invites you to a wonderful happiness challenge that I encourage you to take.
 
More about Robert... he 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)

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0:00.0

Hi everybody and welcome to Coaches Corner.

0:05.6

I love today's conversation because I talk with an expert on happiness.

0:10.6

Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and he's the director

0:15.8

of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Mass General Hospital and co-founder of the

0:19.9

Lifespan Research Foundation.

0:22.2

He is just a smart cookie and is a professor who is still a working psychiatrist.

0:26.6

He's also a Zen Master who teaches meditation.

0:29.3

You can find his meditations on the Insight Time or App and he's a fourth director of an

0:34.3

80-something year study on happiness, which he's going to talk about more in our interview.

0:39.8

And I wanted to have him on because a lot of people say they want to be happy, but what

0:43.6

does happiness mean?

0:45.1

And happiness isn't a sustainable state.

0:46.8

We can't be happy all the time.

0:48.8

So when we say we want to be happy, what are we really looking for?

0:52.0

We talk about so many fascinating things on this episode.

0:54.4

We talk about mental health.

0:55.9

We dig into myths about happiness.

0:58.4

We talk about how your childhood impacts your happiness, how to have happiness in relationships

1:03.2

and so much more.

1:04.6

I think you're really going to enjoy this conversation with Dr. Robert who goes, bye, Bob.

1:11.0

And before we dive in, I want to thank my sponsor, which is Organify my favorite place

1:15.5

to get all kinds of yummy, nutritious things.

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