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Podcast: The mindbodygreen Podcast
Episode: Dan Buettner—The World's Leading Happiness Expert—On The Recipe For Lifelong Joy
Description: What makes for a healthy, happy human?Dan Buettner, author, athlete, and National Geographic explorer, has traversed the world searching far and wide for the answer—and he's found it. His book, The Blue Zones, identifies the five areas of the world where people live the longest and are healthiest, snagging the secrets to longevity along the way. (Hint: Nurturing your personal relationships, eating a plant-based diet, and sleeping eight—yes, eight—hours a night all play a role.)His latest project, The Blue Zones of Happiness, goes a step further to look into the pocket...