Is Your Brain and Your Happiness Linked to Your Body?

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Your brain and your happiness are tied to your body. Basic healthy habits like exercise and sleep have a significant impact on mental health. Exercise, such as cardio, can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Lack of sleep can have cascading effects on mental health, including concentration and presence. Taking care of your body is essential for prioritizing happiness and improving mental health.

Can you accurately identify what aspects of life make you happy? Would you even know if you found true happiness? Leading psychology professor and happiness expert Laurie Santos dives deep on all the factors that contribute to our happiness, why we spend so much energy pursuing it, some evidence-based methods to boost your happiness, why it’s crucial to protect yourself from unhappy people, and so much more. Santos is a Professor of Psychology and the Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Since 2018 she’s been teaching Psychology and the Good Life, which is one of the most popular courses at Yale and at one point included approximately a quarter of the school’s undergraduates. She has also turned her course into a popular podcast series, The Happiness Lab.

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