What Makes A Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study On Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger (HMS)

Thursday, February 25, 2021
4:00-5:00 PM

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of an 80-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

Bio:
Robert Waldinger is a Harvard psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest. As director of the longest study on adult life and happiness, he has learned some surprising things about what the good life actually looks like.