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Meet Harvard's Professor Of "Happiness" | Dr. Robert Waldinger

The Checkup with Doctor Mike

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The Importance of Positive Psychology in Mental Health

Sigmund Freud said we want to turn neurotic misery into everyday unhappiness. A lot of our work has been on what helps people thrive, not just what keeps them at a flat line of okayness. "I felt like modern medicine was really focused on creating a flat line"

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