American - Psychologist | 1951 -
Our kind of research might be one of the first projects to go. Our work is not urgent; it's not the cure for cancer or Alzheimer's. But we have a way of understanding human life that you can't get anywhere else, and it lays the foundation for important, actionable things.
Robert J. Waldinger
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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 them. For thousands of years, our sages have taught that we're all one, yet we still divide wherever we look.
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As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good at learning languages. With countless labels, I build up this creation I call my self.
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Putting labels on entire groups of people makes things much simpler. If all New Yorkers are pushy, or all politicians are dishonest, we don't have to do the hard work of figuring out who's who.
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An essential question regarding treatment is whether psychodynamic therapy is effective for specific disorders.
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Far from the stereotype that psychodynamic treatments are appropriate only for the 'worried well,' a growing body of evidence points to their efficacy in dealing with the most pressing mental health problems of our time.
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In medicine, we spend billions each year on doing and a fraction of that amount on listening and reflecting.
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More than half of the complaints that patients bring to their doctors are emotional in origin. Most often, they include troubled or absent connections with loved ones.
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Marriage is actually one of the things that keeps you happy.
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It seems older people maximize their well-being more - they start to realize that life is short.
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Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development.
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Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.
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