Dr. Robert Waldinger is the Director of the Center for Psychodynamic Therapy and Research at Mass General, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, ands Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The Harvard Study has studied the lives of two groups of men for over 75 years and will go on to study the more than 2000 children of these men to examine how childhood experience affects midlife health and wellbeing. Dr. Waldinger and Marc Schulz, PhD are the authors of The Good Life: Lessons for the Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
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Research from Mass General Psychiatry has shown that expressing gratitude can significantly enhance well-being and health behaviors. -
Dr. Waldinger’s research clearly demonstrates that one of the most important determinants of good health and happiness is having strong social relationships. -
Dr. Waldinger’s research clearly demonstrates that one of the most important determinants of good health and happiness is having strong social relationships.
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So much of what we know about happiness and the impact of social isolation and loneliness on health and well-being come from Robert Waldinger, MD […] -
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest […] -
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