Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past, and as we know, hindsight… — Robert J. Waldinger Human life Copy Share Image
Poor parenting may be reflected in poor sibling relationships. — Robert J. Waldinger Brotherhood Copy Share Image
People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier… — Robert J. Waldinger Brain Copy Share Image
It's the quality of your relationships that matters. — Robert J. Waldinger Excellence Copy Share Image
Putting labels on entire groups of people makes things much simpler. If all New Yorkers are pushy, or all politicians are dishonest,… — Robert J. Waldinger Hard Copy Share Image
The fact remains that many of the most creative and innovative hypotheses that are eventually verified by empirical research are born in… — Robert J. Waldinger Born Copy Share Image
An essential question regarding treatment is whether psychodynamic therapy is effective for specific disorders. — Robert J. Waldinger Mental health Copy Share Image
Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development. — Robert J. Waldinger About Copy Share Image
A troubled marriage can be as hazardous to physical health as cigarette smoking. — Robert J. Waldinger Health Copy Share Image
As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good… — Robert J. Waldinger Born Copy Share Image
In medicine, we spend billions each year on doing and a fraction of that amount on listening and reflecting. — Robert J. Waldinger Doing Copy Share Image
It's not just the number of friends you have, and it's not whether or not you're in a committed relationship. It's the… — Robert J. Waldinger Close relationship Copy Share Image
Marriage is actually one of the things that keeps you happy. — Robert J. Waldinger Actually Copy Share Image
Far from the stereotype that psychodynamic treatments are appropriate only for the 'worried well,' a growing body of evidence points to their… — Robert J. Waldinger Body Copy Share Image
Insurance companies, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry all push for mental health care that is brief, intermittent, and focused on quick… — Robert J. Waldinger Government Copy Share Image
Being human means there's a wall-builder in each of us. Our minds naturally divide the world into me and not-me, us and… — Robert J. Waldinger Being human Copy Share Image
Pictures of entire lives, of the choices that people make and how those choices work out for them, those pictures are almost… — Robert J. Waldinger Choice Copy Share Image
More than half of the complaints that patients bring to their doctors are emotional in origin. Most often, they include troubled or… — Robert J. Waldinger Connections Copy Share Image
It seems older people maximize their well-being more - they start to realize that life is short. — Robert J. Waldinger Health Copy Share Image
It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and… — Robert J. Waldinger Community Copy Share Image
We make artificial divisions everywhere: Democrats and Republicans, black and white, millennials and baby boomers. Even those of us who are against… — Robert J. Waldinger Baby boom Copy Share Image
Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information. — Robert J. Waldinger Information Copy Share Image
Our kind of research might be one of the first projects to go. Our work is not urgent; it's not the cure… — Robert J. Waldinger Human life Copy Share Image
When it comes to health care policy, we keep failing to take seriously the value of human relationships. The cost of this… — Robert J. Waldinger Health Copy Share Image
