I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudette. This podcast is nothing more than a

conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps some

nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to Slo-Mob.

Today's guest is Dr. Robert Waldinger.

Robert Waldinger. Robert is famous for being the director of the longest study in history of human adult development, a study that

started in Harvard University in 1938 and is still running today. He is also a psychiatrist, a psycho analyst, and a Zen priest, a mix that is rare to find in the academic fast-moving famous places like Harvard.

You must have heard of the groundbreaking study which I'm hoping to discuss with Robert at length today,

but I'm also really, really curious about that idea

of a Harvard professor being a Zen priest at the same time.

So we're going to investigate this a little bit.

Robert is also an author with two very successful books.

He teach medical students and psychiatry residents at the Massachusetts

general hospital in Boston and he is a senior darma teacher in boundless way then.

Robert, thank you for coming and joining me.

It's been a long time in the making this conversation.

Yes.

It's a...

We know of each other.

I adore your work, but it's actually really interesting

because I researched you a lot when I was writing Soul for Happy and

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