Episode 01: Dr. Robert Waldinger, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, currently serves as the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. The longest of its kind, this longitudinal study has been following two groups over the last 75 years to identify the psychosocial predictors of healthy aging. The surprising result of this research revealed one important lesson about what really makes for a happy and healthy life — and it’s not what you’d expect.

• Harvard Study of Adult Development
• Dr. Robert Waldinger
• Lifespan Research Foundation
• “Good genes are nice, but joy is better” The Harvard Gazette