{"id":19120,"date":"2016-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-one-thing-that-will-make-you-happier\/"},"modified":"2016-03-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T00:00:00","slug":"the-one-thing-that-will-make-you-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-one-thing-that-will-make-you-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"The one thing that will make you happier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Harvard psychiatrist who took over a 75-year long study into human development has publicly revealed the one thing the study reveals is the key to a happy life\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness#t-4550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert Waldinger said in a TedTalk<\/a> that has been viewed more than 6.5 million times since November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd good, close relationships seem to buffer us from some of the slings and arrows of getting old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waldinger stressed that wealth, fame and career success are actually not what make people happy and healthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019d really like is a quick fix, something we can get that\u2019ll make our lives good and keep them that way,\u201d he said in his TedTalk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelationships are messy and they\u2019re complicated and the hard work of tending to family and friends, it\u2019s not sexy or glamorous. It\u2019s also lifelong. It never ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH WALDINGER&#8217;S TEDTALK ON YOUTUBE HERE:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>And if you\u2019re not sure how to improve the quality of your relationships?<\/h3>\n<p>Waldinger had some tips:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt might be something as simple as replacing screen time with people time, or livening up a stale relationship by doing something new together \u2013 long walks or dates nights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr reaching out to that family member who you haven\u2019t spoken to in years, because those all too common family feuds take a terrible toll on the people who hold the grudges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He ended his talk with a quote from Mark Twain: \u201cThe good life is built with good relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Great advice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/where-does-your-surname-come-from-find-out-here\">FIND OUT WHERE YOUR SURNAME IS FROM \u2013 AND WHAT IT MEANS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/where-to-put-your-router-for-the-best-home-wi-fi\">ONE EASY THING THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR HOME INTERNET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Harvard psychiatrist who took over a 75-year long study into human development has publicly revealed the one thing the study reveals is the key to a happy life\u2026 Relationships. \u201cPeople who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy,\u201d Robert Waldinger said in a TedTalk that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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