Welcome to the Good Life with Dr. Robert Waldinger
Directionally Challenged
Kayla Ewell
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Kayla is joined by research psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Waldinger, who some might know from his viral Ted Talk, “What makes a good life?” His studies have continued since that famous lecture culminating into his book “The Good Life”. They also discuss how his research now involves the effects of social media on our happiness and wellbeing.
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- Check out Dr. Robert’s Ted Talks: https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_waldinger
- Check out “The Good Life”: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Good-Life/Robert-Waldinger/9781982166694
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Kayla. I'm so happy you're able to join us today because we are all still |
| 0:13.8 | so directionally challenged. We thought we'd have it all figured out by the time we were |
| 0:18.8 | in our 30s, but surprise we don't. And that's okay. What really happens to people throughout |
| 0:25.0 | their lives? What is life really like? I mean, there's so much hype out there about what life |
| 0:29.2 | is supposed to be like, look at your social media accounts. Look at the millions of advertisements |
| 0:34.2 | constantly in our faces. So let's talk about real life. And let's talk about happiness. |
| 0:40.4 | Today, I'm going to sit down with Dr. Robert Wallinger. He is the director of the Harvard |
| 0:45.1 | Study of Adult Development. His TED Talk is one of the 10 most popular of all time with over 34 |
| 0:52.3 | million views. His book The Good Life teaches us how to proactively create happiness for ourselves. |
| 0:59.2 | By focusing on what keeps us healthy, my conversation with him is this and so much more. |
| 1:05.2 | So without further ado, here is my conversation with Dr. Robert Wallinger. |
| 1:09.7 | And I am here with Dr. Robert Wallinger. You want me to call you Bob? I will call you Bob. I love that. |
| 1:18.0 | Thank you. And you know, we were talking off mic briefly before we started this. And I just |
| 1:23.5 | wanted you to know how great plan that you're here because we're talking about happiness. And that is |
| 1:29.7 | a tall order. It is something that we all strive for. And it's what drives most of our decisions |
| 1:36.1 | in life. So why does it feel that something so commonly sought after is so uniquely misunderstood? |
| 1:42.2 | This is where you come in. You are the director of one of the longest scientific studies of |
| 1:47.6 | happiness ever conducted. The single study of its kind. And now it's in its 84th year. |
| 1:53.7 | 85th. Oh, 85th. Now it's 85th year. And all of this and more is included in your book The Good Life, |
| 2:01.6 | Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. There's so much to discuss. |
| 2:06.8 | So let's just dive in. You know, most of us have seen your viral TED Talk. It's one of the 10 |
| 2:12.8 | most popular of all time with over 43 million views. But for those of us listening that have yet |
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