The Half Smile Can Help You Feel Better and Grow Strong

It’s true that happy people smile. But it may also be true that people feel happy because they smile.

Faking a smile might boost your mood, reduce your stress, and help you bounce back from challenges fast.

But you may have also heard about the dangers of forcing a smile when you aren’t feeling it. After all, aren’t you repressing your emotions?

There’s a difference between faking a smile for someone else’s benefit and giving yourself a smile to boost your mood. This episode will explain what research says about this. 

I also explain how a fake smile impacts your brain, when to try it, and what benefits you can expect.

And if you aren’t able to force a smile sometimes because you’re just not feeling it, that’s OK too. This episode shares another strategy that works well for those days when you can’t seem to muster a fake smile. 

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