by Christine M | Mar 29, 2019 | General health, Happiness, Mind/body, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
In today’s world we all need ways of making ourselves feel better when things and events we have no control over get us down. What’s your trick for feeling better? A bar of chocolate? A cup of tea (or glass of something stronger)? An online spending...
by Christine M | Sep 21, 2016 | Food and drink, Happiness
Alcohol helps us lose social inhibitions – that much we know (and we don’t need experts to tell us about it either). But what about beer specifically? Well according to scientists from Basel’s University Hospital, it affects the way we see specific...
by Christine Morgan | Mar 14, 2011 | General health, Mind/body
So riskfactorphobes may have got it right after all. At least that’s what University of California, Riverside (UCR) psychologists claim after completing a 20-year study called the Longevity Project. So whereas you might expect someone with a cheerful,...
by Christine Morgan | Jul 4, 2010 | Mind/body, Wellbeing
So to the big question of the day. Can money buy happiness? Hmm, let me think about that for a minute… As much as I’d like to say yes (because I’d certainly feel a bit happier if I were a bit better off financially – at least, I think I would), the...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 2, 2010 | General health, Wellbeing
Noticed an interesting story from Spain today. Researchers from the University of Valencia say anger – which is widely perceived as a negative emotion – may actually reduce stress and promote feelings of happiness. Right, they’ve never been sat in a rush-hour...
