India Adds a New Class to Curriculum at 1,000 Schools: How to Be Happy
With such high rates of stress and anxiety amongst young students, legislators hope the classes will help the kids live mindfully and happily.
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A Life Coach's Free Advice on How to Balance Happiness and Work
Being a hard working employee is one thing – but continuing to stress outside the workplace isn't good for anyone. Consider these tips...
Holocaust Survivor Explains How an Unlikely Reunion Helped Him to Love Humanity Once More
It had been decades since Robbie Waisman was liberated from a concentration camp as a teen – years later, he ran into the man who liberated him.
If You Play Music, You Can Help People Heal By Being a 'Musician On Call'
Through this unique service, musicians can do what they love by helping hospital patients to heal - all by harnessing the sound of music.
New MDMA Study From Johns Hopkins Further Explains Why Ecstasy Can Help Treat PTSD
Since MDMA was granted "breakthrough therapy" status for its ability to treat PTSD, this new study may explain the treatment's neurological success.
Sniffing Pleasant Odors Shown to Decrease Cigarette Cravings
Cigarette smokers who experienced pleasant smells before being offered a ciagerette were less likely to want to smoke.
Over 50 Years of Research Say That Smiling Really Can Make People Happier
After analyzing years worth of psychological testing, these researchers found that smiling really can make you happier – and frowning can make you more sad.
Why Smiling Is Good for You - and Five Photos That Guarantee Grins on World Happiness Day
Never underestimate the power and impact of one simple facial gesture: your smile-the movement can create happy feelings-even when you're not feeling happy.
Goats Want to See You Smile, Says Adorable New Study
This new research shows that goats have a heightened sensitivity to human emotion – in other words, they love to see you smile.
Scientist Surprised to Find How Important it is to Have Visual Diet Rich in Kindness Over Cuteness
This new piece of research shows that people experience twice as much positive emotion with images of kindness compared to pretty pictures.
Thinking About Loved Ones is Just as Effective for Reducing Stress and Blood Pressure as Having Them in the Room
This new study says that daydreaming about your romantic partner is just as effective at reducing your blood pressure as having them in the same room.
By Easing Anxiety for Lower-Income Students With 10-Minute Writing Exercise, Test Grades Soar Dramatically
A simple 10-minute writing exercise to reduce anxiety has been shown to reduce test failure rates by over half.
The Science Behind Why We Need More of the 'Secret Sauce' of Kindness
What is the "secret sauce" of kindness - and why do we need it now more than ever?
Instead of 'We Are What We Eat,' the Science of Kindness Says 'We Are What We See' in Daily Life
If the old adage "you are what you eat" is true, then it also stands to reason that we are what we see as well.
Heartwarming Data Reveals the Most Popular Google Searches Were About How We Can Be Good
According to Google Trends, the most popular internet searches involved people wanting to be better and learn about good things.
Nonprofit Campaigns to Make Boston Happier
A suicide-prevention group is generating smiles to the faces of commuters and pedestrians in Boston with their Happier Boston Campaign, which involves social interventions such as singing in elevators and asking everyone in the baseball stadium to give high-fives to everyone nearby.
Optimistic Spouse Better for Partner's Health
If your spouse expects good things to happen, you may be reap better health as a result. Having an optimistic spouse predicted better mobility and fewer chronic illnesses over time, even above and beyond a person's own level of optimism, says a new study.
Lessons of the Square Watermelon
Don't assume something is impossible just because it has never been done. Like the case of the Japanese watermelon, just because it has always been round, doesn't mean it always has to be. Japanese grocery stores had a problem. They are much smaller than their US counterparts and therefore don't have room to waste. Watermelons, big and round, wasted a lot of space. Then, some Japanese farmers came up with a solution.
"Touched by an Angel" in Hip Hop
If a frog is dropped into a pot of boiling water, it will leap out to safety every time. But if a frog is placed in a pot of cold water and the heat is turned up, its skin will become accustomed to the rising temperature until the frog is killed.
Start Your Next Monthly Meeting Listing Positive Things First
Doug Turner tells us what happened when he opened his monthly leadership meeting by asking for a discussion of what was going right, instead of the usual litany of what was going wrong. The benefits were amazing...
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