Could Watching Viral Videos Enhance Creative Thinking?
Why are workers prone to sending each other pictures of cuddly animals or viral videos that elicit stifled giggles in cubicles around the world? New research suggests that people use these types of...
View Article5 Ways to Stop Stressing and Become Happier and More Confident
Stress is unavoidable, but there are ways to lessen the burden. Here, some proven methods from Dr. Martin Rossman, author of the new book The Worry Solution.
View ArticleSmoking Cessation Linked to Happiness, Elevated Moods
As if you needed another reason to give up smoking for good: Researchers have now determined that successfully quitting is not only linked to greater happiness, but also to elevated moods, contrary to...
View ArticleHappy Teenhood Leads to Happy Adulthood … and Divorce?
Happiness research tends not to focus on the most sullen of subgroups (cue the jokes: Isn’t “happy teenager” an oxymoron?, etc.), but a new study finds that happiness and social adjustment during...
View ArticleStudy: Having a Bad Job Is Worse than No Job For Mental Health
Maybe unemployment isn’t so bad after all. A new study says that, income notwithstanding, having a demanding, unstable and thankless job may make you even unhappier than not having a job at all. Given...
View ArticleHow to Think Yourself into a Happy Place
Sometimes happiness is absolute: you land your dream job or the perfect girl. You’re psyched. But sometimes the situation isn’t so clear cut: you got the job you wanted, but not at the salary you’d...
View ArticleWhy the Happiest States Have the Highest Suicide Rates
Worldwide surveys have consistently ranked the Scandinavian countries — with their generous family-leave policies, low crime, free health care, rich economies and, yes, high income taxes — as the...
View ArticlePlan Your Way to Less Stress, More Happiness
A recent survey by psychologist and self-help author Robert Epstein found that 25% of our happiness hinges on how well we’re able to manage stress. The next logical question is, of course, how best can...
View ArticleStudy: Religious Folks Have a Sunnier Outlook
In the latest study to link church-going with well-being, researchers find that people who attend religious services regularly are more optimistic and less depressed than their non-religious peers....
View ArticleMt. Rainier Shooting: Why Guns and National Parks Don’t Mix
If I had to draw a picture of heaven, it would look like Mt. Rainier. On the rare and treasured clear days that puncture the Pacific Northwest gloom, I can see its lofty peak from the top floor of my...
View ArticleShhhh! The Quiet Joys of the Introvert
Spare a thought for the poor introverts among us. In a world of party animals and glad-handers, they’re the ones who stand by the punch bowl. In a world of mixers and pub crawls, they prefer to stay...
View ArticleAnd the U.S. State with the Highest Well-Being Is…
Once again, Hawaii came out on top: the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released Monday found that the island state still ranked highest in well-being in the nation — for the third year in a...
View ArticleA Happy, Optimistic Outlook May Protect Your Heart
A new paper by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) suggests that positive psychological well-being may reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other adverse cardiovascular...
View ArticleStudy: Shaky Mental Health Linked to Higher Death Risk
Even minor mental health issues may raise the risk of death, a new U.K. study finds. Among disease-free, healthy adults in the study, the more signs of psychological distress that people had, the...
View ArticleDr. Oz: How to Overcome ‘Emotional Inertia’ and Change Your Life
There’s a deep-freeze of sorts for all good intentions — a place that you store your plans to make changes in your life when you know you’re not going to make them at all. There’s no way of knowing for...
View ArticleA New Neighborhood May Boost Health and Happiness, If Not Wealth
Moving poor families out of low-income neighborhoods doesn’t help increase their wealth, education or job status, but it does offer a different kind of long-term boost: better health and more...
View ArticleAloha to the Healthiest State: Hawaii Ranks Highest in Well-Being
Are we really surprised? For the fourth year in a row, Hawaii tops the list for healthiest state. In the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Hawaiians reported the highest rankings on 50...
View ArticleHow Hope Works
If hope were a franchise, a lot of people would claim to own a piece of it. Bill Clinton rode to two terms in the White House on the sunny idea that he still believed “in a place called Hope.” Barack...
View ArticleAre You Happy? You Might Have Hypocretin to Thank
Move over dopamine, there’s a new “pleasure” molecule that could broaden our understanding of the chemistry of joy, laughter, addiction and even anger. As prolific as the recent research on dopamine...
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