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		<title>Harvard Study: Happiness = Positive Relationships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lee Stallard</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Check out this Atlantic article about Harvard professor George Vaillant re-visiting the research from his study of human thriving, which happens to be the longest longitudinal study on the topic.  Vaillant&#8217;s study concludes that happiness comes from experiencing love in relationships over the course of one&#8217;s life.  To learn more, I encourage you to read [&#8230;]</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out this <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/05/thanks-mom/309287/"><em>Atlantic</em> article </a>about Harvard professor George Vaillant re-visiting the research from his study of human thriving, which happens to be the longest longitudinal study on the topic.  Vaillant&#8217;s study concludes that happiness comes from experiencing love in relationships over the course of one&#8217;s life.  To learn more, I encourage you to read the fascinating article entitled &#8220;<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/what-makes-us-happy/307439/">What Makes Us Happy?</a>&#8221; written by my friend Joshua Wolf Shenk (it was the <em>Atlantic&#8217;s</em> cover story in June 2009).</p>
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