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Emotional and Mental Health & happinessarticles

Below are the best articles we could find on Emotional and Mental Health and happiness.

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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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Happiness: Enough Already

Although some 85 percent of Americans say they're pretty happy, the happiness industry sends the insistent message that moderate levels of well-being aren't enough: not only can we all be happier, but we practically have a duty to be so.

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Read This Story and Get Happier

The most popular course at Yale teaches how to be happy. We took it for you.

Adam Sternbergh

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The Pursuit of Mental Healthiness

Unfortunately, the things that make us happy aren’t always healthy. The habits we love to indulge in, the people we can’t wait to hang out with, the places we choose to spend time, don’t always contribute to our mental or emotional health, growth and stability.

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Disconnection in a Connected World

We can’t deny that right now we have the most advanced methods of real time communication in existence, with the ability to stay connected to everyone and everything, wherever we are in the world — so why are so many of us feeling more disconnected from the world and others than ever?

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Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain

Moving your body is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind.

Kelly McGonigal

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Black Women Should Feel Free to be Happy—and Sad

Black women have to give themselves permission to simply be. To be more than just a fierce powerhouse, but to tap into all identities and needs, including those that make us vulnerable.

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Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students

The cognitive scientist Laurie Santos says “we’re fighting cultural forces that are telling us, ‘You’re not happy enough.’”

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Laurie Santos, Yale Happiness Professor, on 5 Things That Will Make You Happier

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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Poppy Jamie on Why Abandoning the Idea of Perfection Will Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety

We met with entrepreneur and former TV host, Poppy Jamie, to talk about her millennial mindfulness app, Happy Not Perfect, and why she thinks perfection is the enemy of happiness.

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