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#626 The Science Of A Good Life - Dr Robert Waldinger

Mental Illness Happy Hour

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The Importance of Having a Noble Purpose

It turns out to matter a lot that people who know why they get up in the morning, have more energy in their lives. What is a healthy sense of purpose and what is an unhealthy or perhaps even addictive sense of purpose? Well, let me fall back on my Zen practice, because I think that the highest purpose in Buddhism is to relieve suffering. Is to self-suffering, suffering around us, all of it. That's that sense that all of us wanna have.

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