Welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence.

My name is Patrick Cummings.

Every week here on the show, we dedicate some time to exploring how we can live a life with better health

and increased fulfillment.

And Ben and I thank you as always for joining us.

This week on the show, we have a fantastic interview with Dr. Robert Waldinger,

author of the new book The Good Life and the Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development,

which is the world's longest scientific study of happiness.

We talked to him about the impact that social isolation has on our health,

what secure attachment is.

The two things he believes we need to live a life of happiness and health and much, much more.

Before we get into the conversation, just a quick reminder, if you are not yet subscribed

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Okay, without further ado, here is our conversation with Dr. Robert Waldinger.

One of the things that Ben and I talk about on the show a lot is something that we call

the five factors of health, which are just the five things that are most in our control

and most positively or negatively, but hopefully positively affect our health.

And those five things that we always talk about here is how we move, how we eat,

how we recover or rest or sleep, how we think our mindset, and then the fifth is how we

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