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The most radical act in an age of outrage is to play
In a culture driven by outrage and constant alerts, play may be the simplest way to reclaim focus, resilience, and human connection.
Kevin Kelly – Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists
Hanging on to Your Inner Child Might Be the Secret to Health and Happiness
New evidence suggests that adults never outgrow the need for play, but we definitely do forget how to make room for it.
Appreciation as a daily practice
Timm Chiusano was having one of the worst days of his career when he found himself inexplicably fascinated by a mundane part of the world on his walk home. That moment sparked a life-changing realization: he was addicted to appreciation, and it was actually his superpower. He…
Ancient Taoism Quietly Answers the Chaos of Modern Life | TheCollector
The timeless wisdom of Taoism provides enduring guidance for modern individuals seeking ways to live without stress, stay healthy, and achieve happiness.
How Small, Easy Acts of Joy Improve Happiness and Well-Being
A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those of more ambitious well-being interventions
For some people, music doesn’t connect with any of the brain’s reward circuits
Neuroscientists find people who don’t enjoy music, study their brain activity.
Using the fMRI, they were able to see that gambling wins lit up the reward circuit in the 15 people Pallarés suspected of specific musical anhedonia. Music on the other hand, had no effect on reward circuits.
how the different regions in the brain communicated with each other.
At the heart of surfing is the pursuit of moments so pure they clean you out | Aeon Essays
At the heart of surfing, whether you’re a kook or a famous charger, is the pursuit of moments so pure they clean you out
How to Be More Charismatic, but Not Too Much More
It turns out that being charming has a happy mean.
Unhappiness Is a Palate-Cleanser - Nautilus
Why it’s impossible to always be happy.
What Cicero Knew About Your Best Life
To feel good, do good.
The small exercise that's a powerful mood booster
Counting our blessings is an age-old piece of advice – but it turns out that writing lists of good things that happen to us actually does help improve our mood.
Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science
After a while, even the most exciting relationships, jobs and environments lose their spark. But cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot says it's possible to fall back in love with life's small joys.
This former Google X exec reverse engineered happiness — here's what he found
Mo Gawdat says it took him much longer to find happiness than it did for him to find success, so he hacked it for everyone else.
THE 9 DOMAINS OF GNH – GNH Centre Bhutan
7 Things A Happiness Scientist Taught Me About Finding More Joy
“Without unhappiness, you wouldn’t survive, learn, or come up with a good idea,” points out Harvard professor Arthur C Brooks.
Can You Overdose on Happiness? - Nautilus
The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation.
Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.
You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.
The fast track to a life well lived is feeling grateful
Being ‘good’ need not take years of ethical analysis: just a few moments of gratitude can set you on the path to virtue
100,000 happy moments
What makes people happy? A huge database is making it possible to discern the answer at last.
The Misery Bomb—Asterisk
Children across the Western world are getting less happy. If we can’t find a way to reverse the trend, it might have an outsized impact on their future.