Alcohol was something that came up in the study as being potentially quite destructive. The people who became alcoholics had marriages that fell apart. Two drinks max a day is all that really is okay for your health. For women, it's one drink because physiologically they process alcohol differently. If you're just thinking, am I drinking too much, ask the people who care about you. Ask them if they're worried about your drinking. Do you feel guilty about your drinking? Do you try to cut down and have trouble? Are there any warning signs?
Dr. Robert Waldinger breaks down key insights on happiness gathered from the Harvard Study of Adult Development.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top stress regulator—and how to cultivate it in your life
2) Two big happiness myths to debunk
3) How to foster warm, authentic relationships with one question
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.
He is also a Zen master (Roshi) and teaches meditation in New England and around the world. Robert is the co-author of the book The Good Life: Lessons From the World’s Longest Scientific Study on Happiness.