How To Be Happy in 30 Seconds... Really. Matthieu Ricard-La ciencia de la compasion.Redes Tve.mp4. How to Create a Happy Mood. A Good Laugh. Humor is serious business.
How serious? Eminent psychiatrist Viktor Frankl once gave someone humor homework-the man had to tell a funny story every day. How Much Money Makes You Happy? The Happiness Chronicles I: Is There a Dark Side to Happiness? In this three-part series, I will discuss recent research examining human happiness .
Part 1 of the series considers the possibility that we could have too much happiness. Over the last 20 years or so, there has been an explosion of literature and accompanying research on the science of happiness. Most of this research has been devoted to understanding what makes people happy (or unhappy). In general, the research on happiness up to this point has been singularly focused on maximizing positive emotions and minimizing negative emotions. If you need an example of this focus, I encourage you to take a stroll through your nearest local bookstore , Borders , Barnes & Noble, examining the section marked "Psychology. " Clearly, there are benefits to experiencing positive emotion and costs to experiencing negative emotion, and research bears this out.
However, recent psychological inquiry has begun to ask the question, is happiness always good? Gruber, J., Mauss, I., & Tamir, M. (2011). Tim Tebow: Lessons for Students About Prayer and Practice. This past Sunday I was torn: Should I watch the Broncos play the Steelers, or should I prepare my ethics course for the spring semester?
I made the right choice: I'd watch the game and do some half-hearted preparation during halftime. The game turned out to be spectacular. John-lennon-quote-happy.jpg (720×618) The Curious Conservation of Human Happiness. One of the bedrock findings in the epidemiology of depression is that having depression at one point in time predicts having more depression in the future.
Symptoms of depression now predict a diagnosis later. An episode of depression now predicts a recurrence of depression later (with each episode, recurrence becomes even more likely). These findings has served to animate research on the "risk factors," the genetic and environmental features, that explain, why, in the fullness of time, depression seems to be concentrated in some people more than others. There has been less research on the opposite side of the coin.
Four Good Times of Day to Meditate (And One to Avoid) When is the best time of day to meditate? According to two experts, the answer depends on what you hope to get out of it. Research has shown that meditation has many mental and physical health benefits . Among other things, it may help reduce stress, enhance concentration, improve sleep, manage pain, and lower blood pressure.
Daily meditation practice is ideal for reaping these rewards. In addition, brief mini-meditations can be done as needed throughout the day whenever you want to calm your mind and relax your body. Lubricate with Laughter. I was three or four jokes into my routine, when I realized that one of the troublemakers my client warned me about was sitting dead center on the front row.
With arms firmly crossed over his chest, and a frown deeply embedded in his face, he was glaring defiantly at me with eyes that said, "You'll never make me laugh . " In my mind, I silently agreed by nicknaming him: Stoneface. It was the beginning of a full day seminar on creativity in advertising . The meeting planner warned me that several members of the audience resented being forced to attend these workshops.
Laughing Yoga Alone with Dr Kataria. Laughter Yoga Alone- gentle Giggling. Are You Meeting Your Laugh Quota? Why You Should Laugh Like a 5-Year-Old. In Stitches: The Laughing Cure. Laughter Can Be the Best Medicine. We've all heard it said that " laughter is the best medicine," but is this old adage just a myth?
When does laughter -- or more specifically, humor-- help you reduce your life stress ? The answer may sound like typical psycho-babble, but it's true: "It depends. " A recent study conducted in Norway suggested that a friendly sense of humor provides a life expectancy advantage for people under the age of 70, but that after that age, there is no statistical advantage to understanding humor and thinking in a humorous way.
The conclusion of these researchers, that the age of 70 is some miraculous turning point in humor's life expectancy advantage, seems a bit over-reaching to me. Just because a statistical association vanishes, it doesn't mean that we should all abandon our sense of humor when we become a certain age. Meditation. Happiness in this World. How to Maintain a Consistent Meditative Practice. Changing Your Brain By Changing Your Mind. When it comes to managing stress, the Eastern traditions may be especially effective. The Western health model is based on diagnosing the underlying cause of a problem and then finding an active medical or behavioral intervention to remove it.
Too Busy to Meditate? Think Again! The benefits of meditation are many and varied from reducing stress , blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes to increasing one’s cognition and creativity .
As well meditation decreases our need for sleep by heightening our concentration , allowing us to be more productive. Ray Kroc, who took over McDonald’s in its early days and built it into a business of outstanding success, once reported that he’d spontaneously fall into states of meditative reverie during the day and thus didn’t need a lot of sleep (Bennis 1984). Many people think that they have to run off to a monastery or spend hours a day sitting in a lotus position to receive these benefits. If you feel overwhelmed with work, family and personal responsibilities here are three quick and easy meditations to help you release unwholesome emotions, shift your mood and improve your relationships adapted from my new book. {*style:<b>