Robert Waldinger, Director of the Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, on What Makes a Good Life
The psychiatrist and Zen priest discusses the importance of sangha and how our relational needs shift as we grow older.
Robert Waldinger
Robert Waldinger is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest. He currently serves as director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is the longest scientific study of happiness. He is the author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
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