happiness
Why Tiny Moments Become Life’s Biggest Memories
We don’t remember our lives. We remember the moments that captured our attention and carried emotional meaning. Emotion acts like the highlighter pen of life.
Name It to Tame It
That process of identifying and naming a specific emotion appears to change how the brain responds to it. It’s known as ‘affect labelling’ and it reduces activity in the brain’s threat detection system.
The Science of Self-Affirmations (And Why They Actually Work)
The key difference with self-affirmations is that we focus on something we believe to be positive already about ourselves. The focus on it causes it to expand, and with it our sense of self expands too.
The Science of Being Thankful
One theory goes that we’re wired for connection – and gratitude connects us. And since connection boosts brain health, heart health, and overall physical health and longevity, gratitude is a doorway to all those benefits.