The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Study on Happiness
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What makes for a fulfilling and meaningful life? A good life?
Based on findings from the 80-year-long Harvard Study of Adult Development, this landmark book reveals the simple yet surprising truth: the stronger our relationships, the more likely we are to live happy, satisfying and overall healthier lives.
Revealing the ground-breaking research behind the world’s longest study on happiness, programme directors Dr Robert Waldinger and Dr Marc Schulz bring together scientific precision, traditional wisdom, incredible real-life stories and actionable insights to prove once and for all that our own wellbeing and ability to flourish is absolutely within our control.
Robert Waldinger is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development at the Massachuset General Hospital, which has tracked the lives of hundreds of families for over 80 years.
He has published several articles and two academics books and he is the founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation.
In addition, he is a fully transmitted Zen teacher (roshi) and priest and teaches meditation online every week at the Henry David Thoreau Sangha in Newton, MA.
Marc Schulz is Professor of Psychology and Director of Data Science at Bryn Mawr College. He is also Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at the Massachuset General Hospital and Senior Scientific Advisor at the Lifespan Research Foundation.
Schulz also holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California in Berkeley.