Today we welcome Robert Waldinger to the podcast. Robert is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development. His TEDx talk on this subject has received nearly 44 million views, and is the 9th most watched TED talk of all time. He is the co-author of The Good Life with Dr. Marc Schulz.In this episode, I talk to Robert Waldinger about the secret to a happy life. Robert shares with us the recent findings of The Grant Study, which is the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted. It’s been ongoing for more than 80 years now, and has had high profile participants like US President John F. Kennedy. Robert and I get into the details of how they continue to conduct research and how to make sense of both the new and old data. Sure enough, what the study has found consistent is the power of connection. We also touch on the topics of psychodynamic therapy, defense mechanisms, attachment, and psychological research.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Neil Pasricha || How to Live an Awesome Life
From the Archives: Lisa Feldman Barrett || Surprising Truths about the Human Brain
David McRaney || How Minds Change
Neal Brennan || The Mind of Neal Brennan
Becky Kennedy || Good Parenting
Whitney Johnson || Smart Business Growth
Dan Tomasulo || Psychodrama & Learned Hopefulness
Sonja Lyubomirsky || The How of Happiness
Martha Beck || Living with Integrity
Laurie Santos || The Science of Happiness
From the Archives: Esther Perel || Love, Eros, and Infidelity
Jim Fadiman || Orchestrating Your Symphony of Selves
Gabor Maté || The Myth of Normal
Jordyn Feingold || Choose Growth
Tara Well || Mirror Meditation
Eric Barker || Plays Well With Others
Skye Cleary || Simone de Beauvoir and the Quest for Authentic Living
Colin Seale || Tangible Equity in Education
Josh Szeps || Thinking Freely
Hitendra Wadhwa || Inner Mastery, Outer Impact
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Poetry of Science
Behavioral Grooves Podcast
Hidden Brain
Mysterious Radio: Paranormal, UFO & Lore Interviews
The Science of Happiness