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468: The secret sauce of happiness | Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, M.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Happiness Wasn't a Thing 80 Plus Years Ago

Happiness wasn't a thing 80 plus years ago. People thought about their lives more with respect to having purpose, right? Like, am I supporting my family? Am I being a good partner? Am IBeing a good parent? So it was much more about those ways of thinking about one's life. And in the last 40 years or so, people have begun to ask about happiness.

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