7 Life-changing Lessons From The Longest Ever Study On Health & Happiness! Dr. Robert Waldinger

saw a video that you made, it punched me in the face. The reason why my TED Talk went viral was because Dr. Robert Walbinger, Harvard psychiatrist and director of the longest study ever done on what makes humans live happy or unhappy lives. This TED talk is one of the most used all time for 85 years. We've tracked the lives. of seven hundred and twenty four families through their entire adult lives. Looking at mental health, physical health to see what really keeps people happy and healthy. Some of the participants donated their brains. They have We know so much about them in life and now we get to examine their brains. Most surprising finding in the study was that it's our relationships that keep us healthier and happier. There is research that shows that actually people who are married men live 12 years longer and women live seven years longer. That said, it's it's not the marriage license. It's about

Starting in the nineteen fifties, we stopped investing in other people. Being lonely is As dangerous to your health as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day, isolation can break down your coronary arteries, your joints. The brain declines sooner. My mission now is gonna be to bring this science that we've worked so hard to develop. And bring it to people in ways that they can use looking at that research, what are the factors that made those relationships most successful? Well

Most surprising finding in the study was that Uh Who are you? And

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