The Secret To Happiness, From The World’s Longest Study With Dr. Robert Waldinger

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

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

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🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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How things like money, status, relationships, experiences, and more impact living our best life with Harvard happiness researcher Dr. Robert Waldinger. the number one thing that universally leads to a good life, according to research the career factors that make you happy (and the ones that we think matter but actually at all) exactly how to use social media in a way that contributes to your happiness the 2 qualities that help build better relationships the number one thing that gets in the way of having happy relationships (+ how to fix it) what studies about the impact of having kids on happiness the role that wealth plays in happiness levels, according to the research (+ exactly how to spend money to be happier) how much of happiness is genetic what the research shows about happiness levels as we age how traumatic world events impact happiness (+ ways to feel better even when the world feels like it's falling apart) and so much more! For more from Dr. Waldinger, check out his book The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. Grab your Raunchier Together deck in time for Valentine’s Day by ordering before February 9th at healthyconvo.co and use code LOVE15 for 15% off any Healthy Convo Co games! This episode is sponsored by: AG1 by Athletic Greens: visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Paleovalley: head over to paleovalley.com and use the code LIZM for 15% off. Cymbiotika: get 15% off using code LIZ at cymbiotika.com. GoMacro: use code HEALTHIER30 for 30% off your order and free shipping on orders over $50 at gomacro.com. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:05.4	I'm your host Liz Mudian, I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist.
0:09.6	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:13.4	learning how to hack our brains for better focus, getting therapist-recommended tips for
0:18.1	up-leveling our relationships, or hearing all of the best healthy cooking secrets.
0:23.2	And yes, those are all real episodes of any of those topics I'm good to you, scroll
0:27.3	on back in the archives.
0:29.2	I am so excited to welcome psychiatrist Dr. Robert Waldinger to today's episode.
0:34.2	Dr. Waldinger is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is the longest
0:39.1	survey ever conducted over people's lives.
0:42.1	It started over 80 years ago, yes, 80 years ago, and has since tracked the same individuals
0:47.8	and their families, asking thousands of questions and taking hundreds of measurements from brain
0:53.0	scans to blood work with the goal of discovering what makes for a good life.
0:58.4	His TED talk on what makes a good life has over 44 million views, and his new book, The
1:03.7	Good Life Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, which he co-authored
1:08.4	with his colleague, Dr. Mark Schultz, shares findings from the study alongside corroborating
1:13.2	research from different populations worldwide about the keys to happiness.
1:17.9	It's truly a remarkable feat of research, and it was such an honor to get to talk to Dr.
1:23.3	Waldinger about his findings.
1:25.3	On this episode, we get into the number one thing that universally leads to a good life,
1:30.1	according to research.
1:31.6	The career factors that make you happy and the ones that we think better, but actually
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