How Relationships Shape Our Happiness and Well-Being with Robert Waldinger

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Robert Waldinger shares how relationships shape our happiness and well-being. He discusses what the research shows about what truly makes us happier and improves long-term health. and explains ho cultivating meaningful connections and relationships actually leads to greater happiness and overall fulfillment in life.

In this episode, you’ll be able to:

Explore the crucial role of relationships and social bonds in building a rewarding life
Learn how to harness your presence and attention to cultivate important social skills and connections
Realize the importance of self-acceptance and honoring individual preferences in the landscape of relationships
Appreciate the significance of continuous research like the Harvard Study of Adult Development in illuminating the key determinants of happiness and well-being
Unearth the profound significance of relationships and interpersonal connections in nurturing a satisfying life

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0:00.0	We know so much about people that if we want to look at what predicts who's going to live
0:04.8	longer and stay healthier, it's going to be blood pressure, it's going to be cholesterol,
0:09.8	it's going to be those things. And what we began to find was that the strongest predictors
0:15.3	were how satisfied we feel in our relationships with other people.
0:20.1	Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance
0:32.6	of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think,
0:38.6	ring true. And yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward
0:44.8	negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have, instead of what we do,
0:51.6	we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking,
0:57.0	our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:03.3	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
1:07.7	how they feed their good wolf.
1:15.4	My Modeps of God's Word and Ignite Your Faith with Pray.com's new podcast, the heartbeat of faith
1:31.2	with me, Dr. Andrew Farley. The beast raged against him, but he was not equal to the Lord of
1:37.6	Lords. God's chosen hero, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, had defeated evil once and for all.
1:53.6	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Robert Waldinger, a professor of psychiatry
1:58.8	at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General
2:04.4	Hospital, and co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. He's a practicing psychiatrist and
2:10.4	psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard Psychiatry Residence.
2:16.5	He is also a Zen Master or Rochy and teaches meditation in New England and all around the world.
2:22.1	He is co-author of the book The Good Life, Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.
2:29.2	Hi, Bob. Welcome to the show. Thank you. Great to be here.
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