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Every book Robert Waldinger recommended on podcasts
Across 4 podcasts. Every show Robert Waldinger appears on, in one place — not just one.
Robert J. Waldinger is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest. He is a part-time professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever conducted. On Modern Wisdom, Waldinger recommended Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's book Don't Trust Your Gut, noting that the author digs into similar data-driven insights. During his appearance on The Mel Robbins Podcast, Waldinger discussed his own book, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, which he co-authored with Mark Schulz. On On Purpose with Jay Shetty and Modern Wisdom, Waldinger brought up Margaret Wise Brown's children's book Goodnight Moon, using it as an example given by an exhausted mother to illustrate the concept of eudaimonic well-being versus hedonic well-being. Additionally, while appearing on The Diary Of A CEO, Waldinger referenced sociologist Robert Putnam's 1980s book Bowling Alone to discuss the decline of social capital and community involvement.
Books recommended by Robert Waldinger
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven self-help book that uses unconventional statistics and digital insights to help readers optimize everyday decisions, from relationships to daily habits.
Recommended“so um when you I will send it over on email afterward that book don't trust your gut by Seth um he tries to dig into this as well”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“there is a sociologist named Robert Putnam in at Harvard actually who wrote a book in the 80s called bowling alone in which he studied what he called our investment in Social Capital”
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Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic children's bedtime story featuring a young rabbit saying goodnight to various objects in the great green room.
Discussed“and I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times and she says mommy read it to me one more time one more time and and I'm exhausted right I've had or I'm I'm just so exhausted I'm falling asleep reading this book am I having fun reading Goodnight Moon for the eighth time”
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Goodnight Moon 60th Anniversary Edition
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a beloved, timeless children's picture book that follows a young bunny bidding a gentle goodnight to every object in the great green room.
Discussed“The best example is you have a small child who you read to at night before bed. And you're reading the book Goodnight Moon, and your child wants you to read that book for the eighth time.”
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The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific ...
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study by Robert Waldinger and Mark Schulz details profound insights on happiness and human connection derived from a legendary Harvard study.
Discussed“my co-author for this book we wrote The Good Life is Mark Schulz”
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Books Robert Waldinger wrote
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“uh so we have a book website it's thegoodlifebook.com um but in addition you could go to our study website”