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Doing Something Creative Can Boost Your Well-Being

By Jill Suttie — 2017

A new study suggests that small acts of creativity in everyday life increase our overall sense of well-being.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Choose Enjoyment Over Pleasure

Pleasure can be a boon or a burden, depending on our relationship to it. It can leaven laborious days, or lead us to waste them. The pleasures of a mild stimulant such as caffeine can be harmless or even beneficial, but the pleasures of amphetamines can be deadly.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2022
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When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings

Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2021
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The ‘Flow State’: Where Creative Work Thrives

Many of us know what it’s like to be in a state of creative flow. Do you have to wait for inspiration to strike, or can you hack ‘the zone’?

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Alice Robb
2019
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Which Personality Types Are Most Likely to Be Happy?

We all want more well-being in our lives.

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Scott Barry Kaufman
2017
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Joy: Evidence of the Divine

What is happiness, and is it achievable? Moreover, is the pursuit of happiness really where we ought to be putting our efforts, or as people of faith and morals, are there other more virtuous pursuits that we should be pursuing?

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Rev. Rebecca Bryan
2019
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What Is Well-Being? Definition, Types, and Well-Being Skills

Want to grow your well-being? Here are the skills you need.

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Tchiki Davis
2019
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The 3 Ways that Happy People Deal with Problems

Happy people are good at dealing with problems in ways that help them to maintain their mood, while still dealing with issues effectively.

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Art Markman
2019
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The Positive Effects of Nature on Your Mental Well-Being

We can enjoy the positive effects of connecting to the environment at all levels of individual well-being.

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Madhuleena Roy Chowdhury
2020
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Social Isolation’s High Physical and Psychological Toll

Studies of polar researchers, astronauts, and others in isolation shed light on possible effects of social distancing, including increased forgetfulness, depression and heart attacks.

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Betsy Morris
2020
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The Joy Audit: How to Have More Fun in 2020

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.

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Elle Hunt
2020
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