Bob Waldinger: Psychiatrist, Professor, Zen Master, Happiness Guru

<p style="background: white; margin: 6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 0in;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #1d2228;"> Bob Waldinger is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and director of the program in Psychodynamic Therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital.<span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> He is a practicing psychiatrist and a Zen master who teaches meditation around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> His latest book is titled: <em>The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.</em></span></p> <div style= "mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #F1F1F5 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F1F1F5 .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in; background: white;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; background: white; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #F1F1F5 .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in;"> <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: #FEFEFE;">  </span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some interesting insights from this episode:</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">        </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">His TEDx talk in 2015 is still one of the most popular TED talks ever with over 44 million views and growing.</span></p> <p class="Mso