12 Oct 2025

Happiness in life might not be U-shaped after all

From Sunday Morning, 10:43 am on 12 October 2025

Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson joins Jim to discuss happiness; a recent study out of Germany challenges the commonly held belief about happiness following a U-shaped curve throughout one's life. And a study out of Cornell University has found that strong friendships may literally slow aging at the cellular level. 

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