S2:2 Born to Worry? How Genes and Life Events Shape Our Wellbeing

In this fun episode, we explore how stressful life events like financial strain or

relationship conflicts can affect your life satisfaction and whether these life events are

just a matter of bad luck, or partly your parents’ fault? Professor Ragnhild Bang Nes

of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shares insights from a unique twin study

that untangles life experiences from biology. Tune in to discover how genes and

environment work together to shape how we feel, and why not all bad life events

impacts us the same way!

Link to the study:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-025-07758-3

Guest:

Research Professor Ragnhild Bang Nes