The Secrets to Building a Happy Life and Raising Happy Kids w/ Dr. Robert Waldinger

Raising Good Humans

Voicing Change Media

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 59 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 I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK! Order your copy of The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans Here: https://bit.ly/3rMLMsL Subscribe to my free newsletter for parenting tips delivered straight to your inbox: https://dralizapressman.substack.com/ Follow me on Instagram for more: @raisinggoodhumanspodcast Sponsors: Saks.com: Find gifts guaranteed to bring joy to every hard-to-shop-for person this season at saks.com. Skylight Frames: Get twenty dollars off your purchase of a Skylight Frame when you go to SkylightFrame.com/HUMANS Instagram: Check our Instagram teen accounts! Dime: DIMEBEAUTYCO.COM FOR THIRTY PERCENT OFF DIME’S BEST-SELLING SKINCARE. TruHeight: Take up to 40% off your first subscription order for a limited time when you go to truheightvitamins.com/HUMANS and use code HUMANS at checkout. Little Spoon: Go to LITTLESPOON.COM/HUMANS and enter our code HUMANS at checkout to save 30% off your first order. Please note that 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. Produced by Dear Media. 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 Dear Media production.
0:09.4	Welcome to Raising Good Humans.
0:11.6	I'm Dr. Elisa Pressman, and I hope that you had a wonderful, meaningful holiday.
0:19.3	Joining me in conversation is Dr. Robert Waldinger, a psychiatrist,
0:25.0	psychoanalyst, and the director of the longest running study on happiness and well-being.
0:30.6	He is here to discuss the secrets to building a happy life and raising happy kids.
0:37.2	He's sharing insights from this
0:39.7	incredible study run at Harvard. He's actually taken over because it's such a long study. It's
0:46.9	been decades and decades and decades in the making. And he offers practical advice on how to
0:52.9	cultivate strong relationships, find purpose and meaning in life, and create a positive environment for our kids to thrive.
1:01.7	If you enjoy this episode, please write a little review so I can bring more episodes like this and give it a five-star rating if you're so inclined.
1:10.7	And we'll get more of these episodes out to more people.
1:14.5	Also, if you're doing holiday shopping now that Thanksgiving is over,
1:20.2	may I recommend that you buy the five principles of parenting,
1:23.5	your essential guide to raising good humans for holiday presents.
1:27.9	It's half off right now, and it's great for any parent with kids ages zero to 100.
1:35.0	So first, let me tell you about the study.
1:37.9	So it's called the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and it started in 1938 and it has repeatedly gone back to the same people over and over
1:50.8	again year after year to ask them questions and take measurements about their lives the big
1:57.1	domains of their lives mental health physical health physical health, work life, relationships.
2:03.2	And it's gone over 85 years. The first generation has almost all passed away. A few are still
2:10.5	alive in their late 90s and early 100s. And the children are all baby boomers.
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