Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness
CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf
Dr. Caroline Leaf
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast and blog, I talk to best-spelling author, psychiatrist, Zen master and Harvard researcher Dr. Robert Waldinger about what the science tells us about human happiness, creating a fulfilling and happy life, the importance of “social fitness”, what we get wrong about achievement, the power of deep, meaningful relationships, and so much more!
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:
2:17 Dr. Robert’s incredible research & career
4:35 Why the Harvard Study of Adult Development is so important
9:22, 23:10 The power of the examined life
13:47, 16:18 Relationships are the key to happiness!
18:50 Why we should teach our children about relationships in school
20:30 The power of deep, meaningful connections
21:30 Adversity, relationships & happiness
31:26 How Dr. Robert’s research has impacted his own life
32:00, 36:00 There is no one way to live the good life
34:00 Money & success does not equal happiness
37:25 The power of living an authentic life
38:40 Mental health in our world today
45:53 It is never too late to be happy!
50:00 You can live alone & still be happy
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Mental Mace. |
| 0:10.6 | What makes for a happy life? |
| 0:12.0 | A fulfilling life, a good life, according to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult |
| 0:16.8 | Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted. |
| 0:22.3 | The answer to this question may be simpler than you think. |
| 0:26.0 | And on today's podcast, I have one of the authors and directors of this research with |
| 0:31.5 | me, Dr. Robert Wildinger, whose TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed of all time |
| 0:37.2 | with nearly 44 million views. |
| 0:39.9 | In 1938, the first of its kind study set out to approach the study of human life in radically |
| 0:45.5 | new ways, focusing on what makes us healthy rather than what makes us sick. |
| 0:50.9 | Since then, thousands of participants, including John F. Kennedy, have answered lengthy questionnaires |
| 0:55.5 | and hundreds, have had their blood drawn, their brain scan and have been interviewed regularly |
| 1:00.3 | by the study researchers. |
| 1:02.4 | Data has been collected over decades and reveals the broad and enduring power of relationships |
| 1:08.8 | in the shaping of our health, longevity and happiness. |
| 1:12.5 | In today's podcast with Dr. Robert Wildinger, I discuss what we discuss, how much of our |
| 1:17.7 | happiness is actually under our control. |
| 1:20.6 | What social fitness is and how to exercise it. |
| 1:23.8 | How close relationships at work can boost productivity. |
| 1:27.9 | What we get wrong about achievement. |
| 1:30.3 | The first step someone can take is they want to live a really good life and the importance |
| 1:35.0 | of how deep meaningful connections are vital in happiness and so much more. |
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