Happiness is Good (with Dr. Robert Waldinger)

The Mark Divine Show

Mark Divine

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

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Nonstop happiness doesn't exist for any human being on the planet. Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Dr. Robert Waldinger (@Dr.Waldinger) believes in nurturing relationships for overall health. Dr. Waldinger co-founded the Lifespan Research Foundation and is a practicing psychiatrist and Zen master or Roshi. His book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness, is an excellent look at what keeps us all happy, healthy, and thr...

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0:00.0	What happens now?
0:01.2	What happens now?
0:02.8	How will I cope?
0:04.2	How will I cope?
0:06.0	Sometimes you don't want to talk about cancer to people you know.
0:10.2	You just want to talk to someone who knows how you feel.
0:14.9	That's why I joined the Macmillan Online Community.
0:18.5	We know what it's like because we're living with cancer too.
0:23.0	And whatever's on your mind, we're here to help.
0:26.8	To join us, search Macmillan Online Community.
0:34.8	What we found was that perfectly good friendships and good family relationships
0:40.4	would atrophy, they would whither away just like muscles atrophy
0:44.7	from inattention, from neglect.
0:47.1	Even small efforts over and over again kept those connections vibrant and alive.
0:53.2	It's like something you've got to work at it and you've got to keep it going.
0:56.4	I don't go to the gym today and then come home and say,
0:58.7	good, I'm done. I don't ever have to do that again.
1:05.4	Hi, this is Mark Divine and you are at the Mark Divine Show.
1:08.4	Thanks so much for joining me today. Super stoked to have you here.
1:10.8	I do not take it for granted.
1:12.0	On this show, I explore what it means to be fearless from some of the world's most
1:15.9	inspirational, compassionate, resilient leaders.
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