Join us live as Dr. Robert Waldinger, a Harvard psychiatrist, discusses what it takes to live a healthy and long life.
In 1939, researchers enrolled 268 students from Harvard during the Great Depression. By 2017, only 19 of those original recruits were still alive.
So what did these researchers learn?
The Harvard Study of Adult Development has shown that the greatest determinant of a healthy, happy, and long life was not wealth. Nor was it cholesterol levels or other biomarkers.
By age 50, the greatest determinant of whether the person would live to 80 and be healthy was the quality of the person’s relationships. Which means that cultivating a meaningful relationship—with a romantic partner, a family member, or a friend—actually cultivates our health in the long term.
Get your questions ready and join us as Dr. Waldinger explains what is a quality relationship and why it affects our health.
Guest Bio: Dr. Robert Waldinger is clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Center for Psychodynamic Therapy and Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, he teaches Harvard medical students and psychiatry residents, and he is on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. He is also a Zen priest.
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