By Amanda MacMillan
Researchers say they’ve discovered that even thinking about doing something generous has real mood-boosting benefits in the brain.
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As a professor of psychology at Yale and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, I've spent the last few years teaching simple science-backed tips to improve our well-being. I know the research inside out—but the giant dumpster fire of a year that was 2020 has had me struggling, too.
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Your emotional health is key to a happy life.
For most of my life, I clung to the belief that I wasn’t happy because I “just wasn’t wired that way.”
Many of us treat joy like the good china, only warranted on special occasions. Even if we know it is within our reach, we may not see it is within our control.