S3 Ep 2: How To Build A Happy Life

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, join me in conversation with Dr. Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and the director of the longest-running study on happiness and well-being, to discuss the secrets to building a happy life and raising happy kids. Dr. Waldinger shares insights from the study and offers practical advice on how to cultivate strong relationships, find purpose and meaning in life, and create a positive environment for children to thrive in. This is an episode you won't want to miss as we dive into the science of happiness and learn how to apply it to our own lives and the lives of our children. Check out Dr. Waldinger's book, The Good Life, today! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Good-Life/Robert-Waldinger/9781982166694 Sponsored by ZocDoc: Zocdoc is a MUST! Download the FREE Zocdoc app at www.zocdoc.com/HUMANS and schedule your appointments in seconds! Produced by Dear Media This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:06.8	Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Alisa Pressman, and today I am welcoming Dr. Robert
0:14.4	Waldiger. He's the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. His TED Talk is one of
0:20.8	the most popular of all time. There have been over 43 million views. So he's going to tell you about
0:27.8	the Harvard Study of Adult Development, but it is the longest scientific study of happiness
0:32.4	ever conducted, which is so extraordinary. So it started in 1938. And the reason that I wanted
0:40.8	to have Dr. Waldiger on is because so often we are focused on our kids and helping them achieve
0:50.5	and accomplish this elusive happiness or career or perfect future. And we think about different
1:00.0	things that might help contribute to that. So how cool to step back and look at this long
1:09.0	study of human happiness on modeling positive relationships and helping kids and parents
1:17.5	think about the good life. Also Dr. Waldiger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical
1:23.4	School. He's the co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. And he's a Zen master who teaches
1:29.9	meditation in New England and around the world. This was such a cool conversation to tie in our earliest
1:36.4	experiences and relationships all the way through our late life relationships. Have a listen,
1:42.8	let me know what you think. Please don't forget to write a review and go on to Apple podcasts
1:49.0	and sign up if you haven't already for my premium subscription. It's 299 a month. It's the price
1:57.2	of a cup of coffee and it's completely different content created based on feedback that I get from
2:03.6	you from DMs on Instagram at raising good humans podcast and conversations with clients and groups
2:11.6	and schools and community members. I'm super excited about it and it's so wonderful to have
2:17.5	different ways to reach everybody. Now I want to get to this conversation with Dr. Waldiger on
2:22.3	the secret to raising kids who live a good life. So first let me let me tell you about the study.
2:29.8	So it's called the Harvard study of adult development and it started in 1938 and it has
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