S2:5 From Parents to Partners: How Divorces, DNA and Daily Connections Shape Our Wellbeing

In this fun episode, we look at how our social lives, with everything from supportive

relationships to breakups, impact our wellbeing. Is the pain of a breakup the same for

everyone? Can relationships protect our happiness over time? And what does your

DNA have to do with any of it? Professor Ragnhild Bang Nes of the Norwegian

Institute of Public Health shares fascinating findings from a study of twins. Tune in to

find out which social factors most strongly predict future happiness and how much of

our social wellbeing might be shaped before we’re even born!

Link to the study:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11136-024-03832-8

Guest:

Research Professor Ragnhild Bang Nes