How Our Relationships Can Impact Our Health And Longevity with Dr. Robert Waldinger

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, Joovv, and Mitopure.Everyone has the intention to live well and feel happy, but so many of our choices deviate us from those goals. Investing our time and energy into our relationships might be the key. Loneliness is a main measure of unhappiness, and it also happens to be a stressor and risk factor for disease. I’m so excited to talk to Dr. Rober Waldinger on today’s podcast episode, all about fostering better relationships to live a longer, happier, and healthier life. Dr. Robert Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development at Massachusetts General Hospital, and cofounder of the Lifespan Research Foundation. Dr. Waldinger received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, and he directs a psychotherapy teaching program for Harvard psychiatry residents. Dr. Waldinger is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. He is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, Joovv, and Mitopure.Check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.InsideTracker is offering my community 20% off at insidetracker.com/drhyman.Get an exclusive discount on Joovv’s Generation 3.0 devices (some exclusions apply) at Joovv.com/farmacy. Use the code FARMACY.Get 10% off Mitopure at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman & use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout.Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):The number-one life choice you can make today for future health and happiness (5:08 / 1:43) The connection between our relationships and our health (11:29 / 8:00) Cultivating relationships and well-being (13:41 / 10:16) Getting to know your partner better (23:44 / 20:20)Practices that promote happiness (36:50 / 31:29) Letting go of grudges and healing relationships (39:47 / 34:05) Strategies for social fitness (43:32 / 38:25) Navigating romantic relationships ( 53:01 / 47:11)Community as medicine (56:57 / 51:25)What matters most in life (1:07:43 / 1:02:13) Get a copy of Robert’s book, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. Mentioned in this episode​​Where Should We Begin - A Game of StoriesThe 36 Questions That Lead to Love Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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We are seeing an ever-increasing burden of chronic disease, primarily driven by our food and food system. This is perpetuated by agricultural, food and health care policies that don’t support health. We need to rethink disease and reimagine a food system and a health care system the protects health, unburdens the economy from the weight of obesity and chronic disease, protects the environment, helps reverse climate change and creates a nation of healthy children and citizens. This podcast is a place for deep conversations about the critical issues of our time in the space of health, wellness, food and politics. New episodes are released every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. I hope you'll join me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.