Coaching practices for The Good Life Lessons From the Harvard Study as a Caregiver
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- I keep telling myself I’ll make real time for the people I love once I hit the next work milestone, and that milestone never stops moving
- I catch myself just waiting for my turn to talk instead of really hearing the person in front of me
- I look up and realize whole friendships have quietly gone silent
- Some days go by where I never once actually connect with another human
- I keep pouring myself into caring for everyone around me while running on empty, and instead of feeling connected it just leaves me hollowed out
Practices that may help
- The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study
The Harvard Study of Adult Development — the longest longitudinal study of adult life, directed today by Robert Waldinger — found that the strongest predictor of long-term health and happiness is the quality of our relationships, not wealth or fame. It is real, decades-long research, but it is observational: it shows relationships and wellbeing move together, which is strong but not proof of pure cause. - Investing in people over status
Direct discretionary time and energy toward relationships, not just career and acquisition.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - Genuine curiosity about others
Ask real questions and listen, instead of waiting to talk.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - Practicing "social fitness"
Tend your relationships like physical fitness — regularly, not only when something breaks.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - One warm connection a day
Make at least one genuine, attentive contact with another person each day.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - Tend to yourself before tending to others
Sustainable tend-and-befriend requires that the caregiver’s own basic needs are met — otherwise helping depletes rather than regulates.
Tend-and-Befriend, Made Practical - Turning toward, not away
Respond to a partner or friend’s small bids for attention instead of brushing them off.
The Good Life: Lessons from the Harvard Study - Distinguish genuine growth from positive illusions
Learn to tell the difference between real benefits that changed how you live and comfortable stories that protect you from fully processing the loss.
Benefit-Finding in Adversity, Made Practical - The concentric-circle extension of ren
Deliberately extend the quality of care you have for those closest to you toward more distant others.
Confucian Self-Cultivation: The Mencius Approach - Learning through exemplar study
Study the conduct of a person you consider exemplary and identify one specific behaviour you can emulate.
Confucian Self-Cultivation: The Mencius Approach
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development — the longest longitudinal study of adult life, directed today by Robert Waldinger — found that the strongest predictor of long-term health and happiness is the quality of our relationships, not wealth or fame. It is real, decades-long research, but it is observational: it shows relationships and wellbeing move together, which is strong but not proof of pure cause.
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The Harvard Study of Adult Development — the longest longitudinal study of adult life, directed today by Robert Waldinger — found that the strongest predictor of long-term health and happiness is the quality of our relationships, not wealth or fame. It is real, decades-long research, but it is observational: it shows relationships and wellbeing move together, which is strong but not proof of pure cause.
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