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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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The Surprising Ways Your Mind Influences Your Health

WEBThe Surprising Ways Your Mind Influences Your Health. A new book argues that we can harness the connection between our minds and our physiology for better …

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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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How Positive Emotions Improve Our Health

WEBThe authors describe this whole process as an “upward spiral,” whereby positive emotions bring us better health—and good health, according to prior research, …

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Is Gratitude Good for Your Health

WEBResults from the GGSC’s own Thnx4 project found that participants who kept an online gratitude journal for two weeks reported better physical health, including fewer …

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How Do Our Minds Affect Our Health

WEBThis is the subject of science writer Jo Marchant’s new book, Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body. Marchant interviews scientists from around …

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How Your Doctor Can Influence Your Health Mindset

WEBPatient mindsets affect health care outcomes. “Mindsets are core assumptions that we have about things in the world and how they work,” said Leibowitz. …

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How Colleges Today Are Supporting Student Mental Health

WEBThe challenge is clear. In 2018, researchers who surveyed almost 14,000 first-year college students (in eight countries) found that 35 percent struggled with a …

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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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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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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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How Do Plants Make Your Home Happier

WEBIndoor plants have several mental and physical health benefits. Research has linked houseplants to reduced stress, lower blood pressure, and an improved state …

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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. …

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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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What Type of Exercise Is Best for Mental Health

WEBSome people enjoy running, swimming, biking, yoga, dancing, or hiking. You may also want to try group exercise classes or working out with a friend. Make exercise …

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What Art Does for Your Brain Greater Good

WEB“The arts are being used in at least six distinct ways to heal the body: as preventative medicine; as symptom relief for everyday health issues; as treatment or …

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How Embracing Uncertainty Can Improve Your Life

WEBEmbracing uncertainty is tied to easier learning, better decision making, responding well in a crisis, improved mental health, and warmer social …

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Is There a Place for Love in Medicine

WEBAbout the Author. Leif Hass, M.D., is a family medicine doctor and hospitalist at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland. He serves as a Joy of Work Champion …

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Why Trees Can Make You Happier Greater Good

WEBTrees help us feel less stressed and more restored. Probably the most well-researched benefit of nature exposure is that it seems to help decrease our stress, …

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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…

WEBLast month, the Supreme Court repealed Roe v.Wade, taking away a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.Already, several states have used that ruling to enact …

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Forgiveness in Marriage: Current Status and Future Directions

WEBJulie Hall is an Intern in the Psychology Department, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 ([email protected]). Steven R. H. Beach is a Pro …

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