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Six Ways Happiness Is Good for Your Health

Love and happiness may not actually originate in the heart, but they are good for it. For example, a 2005 paperfound that happiness predicts … See more

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Five Ways Mindfulness Meditation Is Good for Your Health

WebThese cells, including pro- and anti-inflammatory proteins, neutrophils, T-cells, immunoglobulins, and natural killer cells, help us to fight disease and infection in …

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The Surprising Ways Your Mind Influences Your Health

WebA new book argues that we can harness the connection between our minds and our physiology for better health. In 1979, Harvard researcher Ellen Langer invited …

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Compassionate Mind, Healthy Body

WebNearly 10 years ago, in his Greater Good article “The Compassionate Instinct,” Greater Good Science Center co-founder Dacher Keltner summarized the …

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Why Is Nature So Good for Your Mental Health

WebA new study suggests that nature may make us happier and healthier because it inspires awe. In recent years, a number of wilderness therapy programs have …

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Is Gratitude Good for Your Health

WebThe jury’s still out, but preliminary research suggests that grateful people may have better sleep, healthier hearts, and fewer aches and pains. After 15 years of …

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The Surprising Benefits of Stress

WebPeter Jaret. Peter Jaret is the author of several health-related books, including In Self-Defense: The Human Immune System, Nurse: A World of Care, and …

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Why Physical Touch Matters for Your Well-Being

WebThe touch-deprived children, they found, had strikingly lower cortisol and growth development levels for their age group. From the time we are in the womb …

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Why Yoga Is Good for Your Body and Brain, According…

WebYoga is a practice of the mind and body, and it brings about health and happiness benefits through its direct influence on our nervous system. Central to yoga is …

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Being Kind Is Good for Your Health (The Science of…

WebLots of studies show that doing good deeds for other people isn’t just a good thing to do but it also has psychological and health benefits. It can boost self-confidence …

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Why Taking Care of Your Own Well-Being Helps Others

WebOur well-being helps us engage in social problems and help the world. We all need to pitch in right now and do the right thing to protect society at large. Fortunately, …

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What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us

WebA quick glance at the research on technology-mediated interaction reveals an ambivalent literature. Some studies show that time spent socializing online can decrease …

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Seven Ways the Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health

WebThe more we lay awake at night during the pandemic, rehashing worries we have no control over, the worse our mental health becomes. 2. Some of us are lonely, …

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How Hope Can Keep You Happier and Healthier

WebPsychologists tell us hope involves activity, a can-do attitude and a belief that we have a pathway to our desired outcome. Hope is the willpower to change and the …

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Five Ways Hiking Is Good for You

WebAwe is a powerful emotion that has many benefits, including improving your mood and making you feel more generous. 3. Hiking helps your relationships. It may be …

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What’s Wrong With Too Much Self-Control

WebBut as suggested by a theory published by Professor Thomas Lynch in 2018, high self-control may not always be a good thing—and, for some, it could be linked to …

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How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain

WebWe set out to address these questions in a recent research study involving nearly 300 adults, mostly college students who were seeking mental health counseling …

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How Nature Helps Us Heal Greater Good

WebNature employs the mind without fatigue and yet enlivens it. Tranquilizes it and enlivens it. And thus, through the influences of the mind over body, gives the effect …

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FIERCE SELF-COMPASSION Dr. Kristin Neff

Web6 PRACTICES (This handout contains practices not taught in the workshop due to time constraints) Soothing Self-Compassion Break Instructions • Think of a situation in your …

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Four Ways Access to Abortion Improves Women’s…

WebHere are some of the findings from that important study (and others) about the benefits of receiving an abortion when you want one. 1. Better mental health. Many …

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What Happens When We Reconnect With Nature

WebBesides boosting happiness, positive emotion, and kindness, exposure to nature may also have physical and mental health benefits. The benefits of nature on …

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