How to Lift Your Mood? Try Smiling
The face isn’t a pressure-relief valve. It is more like a thermostat. When you turn down the setting, the machinery inside has to do less work.
Written on January 15, 2009 | Posted in Happiness | No Comment
Magazines show cosmetic surgery’s emotional “lift”
A survey of popular women’s magazines suggests articles tend to portray cosmetic surgery as an empowering option for improving women’s emotional health and physical appearance, despite the lack of scientific consensus that cosmetic surgery boosts emotional health.
Happiness is a collective - not just individual - phenomenon
If you’re happy and you know it, thank your friends—and their friends. And while you’re at it, their friends’ friends. But if you’re sad, hold the blame.
Written on December 4, 2008 | Posted in Happiness | No Comment
Changing your mind can change your body, too
Change your mind, and you just might change your body, too. Psychologists say our “self talk” or “internal dialogue” can make or break a fitness routine.
