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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 lower heart rate and blood pressure. In … See more

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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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How Do Our Minds Affect Our Health

WEBIn an ideal world, scientists could test these effects in a more rigorous manner to discover if and when mind/body treatments really help. In many cases, she …

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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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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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Keys to Well-Being Greater Good

WEBGet the science of a meaningful life delivered to your inbox. These are Greater Good's 10 building blocks of individual and community well-being — the behaviors that research …

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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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Six Surprising Benefits of Curiosity

WEB1. Curiosity helps us survive. The urge to explore and seek novelty helps us remain vigilant and gain knowledge about our constantly changing environment, which …

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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 …

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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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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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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 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’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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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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Eight Reasons Why Awe Makes Your Life Better

WEBInducing goosebumps and dropped jaws, awe experiences are remarkable in their own right. Moreover, a growing body of research suggests that experiencing awe …

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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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Five Ways Music Can Make You Healthier

WEBPerforming music, versus listening to music, may also have a calming effect. In studies with adult choir singers, singing the same piece of music tended to synch up …

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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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