{"id":31012,"date":"2023-07-21T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/the-key-to-happiness\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:29:33","slug":"the-key-to-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/en\/the-key-to-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"The key to happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31012\" class=\"elementor elementor-31012 elementor-30321\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57d0159 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"57d0159\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0becca6\" data-id=\"0becca6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3094530 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3094530\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32758bd\" data-id=\"32758bd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a9b53b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5a9b53b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7616cf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7616cf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The key to happiness<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66539fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66539fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">In 1938, a team of Harvard researchers began the longest study ever carried out (85 years!) on factors encouraging health and happiness. By following university students and young people from a particularly disadvantaged area of Boston, then their wives, children and grandchildren, they gradually discovered the most important factor: quality, warm, deep and loving relationships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Deep, loving relationships<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">At first, researchers thought that professional success, social environment and biological factors might explain a long, happy and healthy life. But over the last thirty years or so, they have come to understand that warm human relations are the most important factor. And it doesn&#8217;t matter what kind of relationships you have: whether they&#8217;re romantic, friendly, familial, professional or simply caring interactions with people you meet on a daily basis, or even strangers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"center\"><strong>People with warm relationships tend to live longer, healthier and happier lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed0be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ed0be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/priscilla-du-preez-zeqWK0n5PNM-unsplash-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7aacf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a7aacf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">As the study directors put it<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">&#8220;Loneliness kills. It&#8217;s as powerful as smoking or alcoholism&#8221;. &#8211; Robert Waldinger<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">&#8220;When the study began, no one was interested in empathy or attachment. But the key to healthy aging is relationships, relationships, relationships.&#8221; &#8211; George Vaillant<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">&#8220;The feeling of loneliness coupled with stress is part of what degrades health. That&#8217;s why researchers consider loneliness to be as dangerous as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day or being obese.&#8221; &#8211; Robert Waldinger<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Childhood and relationships<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">In childhood, a warm relationship with one&#8217;s mother is linked to higher wages (on average), greater efficiency at work and a reduced risk of dementia. A warm relationship with one&#8217;s father is linked with reduced anxiety, an excellent ability to enjoy vacations and high life satisfaction when assessed at age 75. Don&#8217;t worry if your family situation was (as in many cases) chaotic: nothing is set in stone, and it&#8217;s always possible to reverse unfavorable factors by creating new, quality relationships.<\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ff051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2ff051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/sai-de-silva-4-gFGb12hFA-unsplash-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efeade5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efeade5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Social skills<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Any strategy is a good one for fostering social ties. The simple act of keeping in touch with loved ones, reconnecting with old friends<br>or lost family members is favorable. You can organize or take part in activities together, and if you feel like it<br>adventurous, try something new. A shared discovery strengthens the bond and intimacy, if only through laughter at having tried something particularly zany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Also try to strike up conversations with strangers, whether at the market or on the bus. The study participants who tried the experiment were all enriched by it! I&#8217;m particularly fond of this tool, which allows me to make unusual and enriching encounters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Lastly, communication tools and a knowledge (however rudimentary) of human psychology will enhance the depth and quality of the links created and maintained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/p><h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Other factors<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><b>Taking care of your health<\/b> and maintaining optimal health in your own context can avoid (or limit) many worries. Here again, good relationships are conducive to good health&nbsp;: people who are fulfilled in their relationships at 50 are in better health at 80. In addition, happy marriages at age 80 have a protective effect on mental health and pain response&nbsp;In the case of unhappy marriages, the emotional pain weighs on the physical pain, which increases as the mood declines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><b>Professional success<\/b>, intelligence quotient<b>(IQ)<\/b>,<b>education<\/b> and <b>culture<\/b> can indeed contribute to happiness, but they are all less important than social relationships. The study shows that the quality of relationships even favors financial success, more so than IQ or other factors you might think essential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/p><h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Happiness is fickle<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Don&#8217;t forget, in this age of social media where everything goes through a glamour filter, that happiness is fickle, like any other state of being. Life is made up of ups and downs, and social ties foster resilience in difficult situations. Simply having someone to talk to after a long, tiring day lowers the body&#8217;s response to stress (fight, flight or tetany), whereas people who have no one to talk to tend to be in this state of stress response all the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/p><h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">It&#8217;s never too late<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Maintaining (or discovering) an openness to the world and being ready to evolve one&#8217;s point of view allows us to gain happiness points at any moment in life. People with dramatic childhoods have been able to access happiness thanks to their willpower, their openness and their social connections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f329cc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f329cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-30326\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/etincellesante.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rod-long-y0OAmd_COUM-unsplash-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8955a9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8955a9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">References<\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org\/\">https:\/\/www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/02\/work-out-daily-ok-but-how-socially-fit-are-you\/\">https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/02\/work-out-daily-ok-but-how-socially-fit-are-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2017\/04\/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life\/\">https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2017\/04\/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/994286?ecd=mkm_ret_230720_mscpmrk-OUS_DisReferences_etid5661296&amp;uac=327829SG&amp;impID=5661296\">https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/994286?ecd=mkm_ret_230720_mscpmrk-OUS_DisReferences_etid5661296&amp;uac=327829SG&amp;impID=5661296<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grant_Study\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grant_Study<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><br><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">For those who like videos<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><b>TED talks by Robert Waldinger (subtitles available)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IStsehNAOL8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IStsehNAOL8<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8KkKuTCFvzI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8KkKuTCFvzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><br><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">\n<\/p><h3 style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p style=\"line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\" align=\"justify\"><b>Books by Georges E. 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